Thailand logged 10,414 new Covid-19 cases and 122 more fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Wednesday morning.

There were 10,236 cases in the general population and 178 among prison inmates.

The number of new cases rose from the 9,489 announced on Tuesday when the country recorded 129 more deaths.

On Tuesday, 11,580 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.

The 122 new fatalities were between the ages of 26 and 92 years old, and included two Myanmar nationals. One death was of a pregnant woman in Chaiyaphum province who had not been vaccinated against Covid-19.

Bangkok logged the most new deaths at 38 (up from 25 on the previous day) while a further 23 were reported in the adjacent provinces of Samut Prakan (8), Nakhon Pathom (6), Samut Sakhon (4), Pathum Thani (3) and Nonthaburi (2).

Other central plain provinces further from the capital recorded 25 more deaths – in Ratchaburi (6), Prachin Buri (3), Chon Buri (3), Ayutthaya (2), Samut Songkhram (2), Suphan Buri (2), Chanthaburi (2), Rayong (2), Lop Buri (1), Trat (1) and Saraburi (1).

The Northeast had 7 new fatalities – in Nakhon Ratchasima (3), Chaiyaphum (1), Maha Sarakham (1), Loei (1) and Buri Ram (1).

The South reported 16 more deaths – in Pattani (5), Chumphon (3), Nakhon Si Thammarat (2), Narathiwat (2), Phatthalung (2), Trang (1) and Songkhla (1).