BANGKOK – Thailand on Thursday reported 14,822 new COVID-19 cases during the past 24 hours, marking the highest daily case tally since early September 2021, according to official data.

It more than doubled a daily average of some 7,000 new cases registered in January, according to the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), the country’s COVID-19 task force.

The capital Bangkok recorded 2,635 new cases in the last 24 hours, topping the list by region, according to the CCSA. The total number of COVID-19 infections has risen to more than 2.54 million in the Southeast Asian country.

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As of Wednesday, some 70.5 percent of the country’s nearly 70 million population had been fully vaccinated, while 24.2 percent had received their booster shot, according to the CCSA.