how to check checkboxed with jQuery based on the values of a string

I have a string with values and i want to check the checkboxes which have these values in the string:

var daysofweek = '1,3,4,';

<input class="edit-day" type="checkbox" value="1"><label class="form-check-label">Monday</label>
<input class="edit-day" type="checkbox" value="2"><label class="form-check-label">Tuesday</label>
<input class="edit-day" type="checkbox" value="3"><label class="form-check-label">Wednesday</label>
<input class="edit-day" type="checkbox" value="4"><label class="form-check-label">Thursday</label>
<input class="edit-day" type="checkbox" value="5"><label class="form-check-label">Friday</label>
<input class="edit-day" type="checkbox" value="6"><label class="form-check-label">Saturday</label>
<input class="edit-day" type="checkbox" value="0"><label class="form-check-label">Sunday</label> // sunday has 0

In this case, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday should be checked

How can i do that?

I tried something with code below but that does not work:

$.each(daysofweek, function(i, val){
    $('.edit-day').prop('checked', true);
});