Thailand logged 21 Covid-19 fatalities during the previous 24 hours, down from 26 on Sunday and the fewest since Feb 10, the government said on Tuesday. The number of deaths since the start of the pandemic passed 30,000 on Monday.
Daily coronavirus cases rose slightly from 3,854 to 3,955.
All but one of the new infections were transmitted inside the country.
On Monday, 6,607 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus while 39,861 others were receiving treatment (down from 42,534 on the previous day).
Since the pandemic started in early 2020, there have been 4,450,457 Covid-19 cases, including 2,227,022 this year, with 4,380,577 complete recoveries to date.
The accumulated death toll stood at 30,019 since the beginning of the pandemic, including 8,321 so far this year.
-- More to follow from the afternoon briefing --
