Daily Covid-19 cases fell below 10,000 for the first time since early February, government data showed on Monday, while deaths fell further below 100.
The 9,331 new cases and 84 fatalities compared with the 11,535 and 91 respectively announced on Sunday.
Monday’s figures did not include 6,240 positive results from antigen tests over the past 24 hours. This would raise the total to 15,571.
As of Sunday, a total of 129,068 people were receiving Covid-19 treatment, including 34,168 in hospitals. The remainder were in hospitel facilities/field hospitals (15,870) or in home/community isolation (78567), according to the daily update posted by the Department of Disease Control.
Of those in hospital, 1,751 were seriously ill patients with lung inflammation and 824 dependent on ventilators.
Of the seriously ill patients, Bangkok had the most cases at 149, followed by 89 in Nakhon Ratchasima, 68 in Kanchanaburi, 67 in Khon Kaen and 61 in Ubon Ratchathani, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported on Monday afternoon.
The 24-hour period also saw 21,168 patients discharged from hospitals after recovering.
The CCSA said all but 58 of the 9,331 new cases were transmitted inside Thailand's borders.
Bangkok continued to record the most daily cases at 2,378, followed by 408 in Buri Ram, 315 in Samut Prakan, 294 in Chon Buri and 271 in Si Sa Ket.
The 58 imported cases came from 25 countries. They included nine from Singapore, five each from Saudi Arabia and Germany, and four each from Australia and India.
Fewest deaths since March 29
According to the CCSA, the 84 people who died with Covid-19 were aged from two to 98 with an average age of 76. One was from France.
Bangkok logged six new deaths and there were 12 in adjacent provinces — three each in Samut Sakhon, Nakhon Pathom and Nonthaburi, two in Samut Prakan and one in Pathum Thani.
Other central plain provinces further from the capital had 19 deaths — four each in Kanchanburi and Lop Buri, three each in Ratchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan, two in Suphan Buri, and one each in Sing Buri, Saraburi and Chon Buri.
The North reported 17 deaths — four in Chiang Mai, two each in Chiang Rai, Sukhothai, Phichit and Uttaradit, and one each in Nan, Phrae, Lampang, Lamphun and Mae Hong Son.
The Northeast saw 28 new fatalities — five each in Nakhon Ratchasima and Sakon Nakhon, four in Yasothon, three each in Udon Thani and Khon Kaen, two each in Kalasin and Nong Bua Lamphu and one each in Chaiyaphum, Surin, Roi Et and Si Sa Ket.
The South had one death in Surat Thani and another in Songkhla.
Vaccinations continued to progress, with 133.64 million doses administered as of Sunday. The government said 81.0% of the population has now received at least one dose of the vaccine, 73.8% at least two shots and 37.4% at least one booster shot.
Since the pandemic started in early 2020, there have been 4,271,815 Covid-19 cases, including 2,048,380 cases this year, with 4,114,046 complete recoveries to date.
The accumulated death toll stood at 28,701 since the beginning of the pandemic, including 7,003 so far this year.
The highest number of Covid-related fatalities in a 24-hour period was 312 recorded on Aug 13, 2021. The highest number of cases was 28,379 on April 1, 2022.
Global Covid-19 cases rose by 291,107 million in 24 hours to 513.58 million. The worldwide death toll went up by 863 to 6.26 million.
