8,618 new Covid-19 cases, 19 more deaths

Thailand registered 19 more Covid-19 fatalities and 8,618 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Saturday morning.

This compared with the 28 coronavirus-related fatalities and 8,450 new cases reported on Friday morning.

There were 8,402 local cases and 216 imported ones.

On Friday, 8,358 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.

Since the pandemic started in early 2020, there have been 2,424,090 Covid-19 cases, including 200,655 cases this year, with 2,318,006 complete recoveries to date.

The accumulated death toll stood at 22,145 since the beginning of the pandemic, including 447 so far this year.

The highest number of Covid-related fatalities in a 24-hour period was 312 recorded on Aug 13. The highest number of cases was 23,418 on Aug 18.