Thailand reports 51 new coronavirus cases, three more deaths

 

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported 51 new coronavirus cases and three more deaths on Monday, according to a spokesman for the government's Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration.

 

Thirteen of the new cases were medical personnel who attended to infected patients or had activities with them, said the spokesman, Taweesin Wisanuyothin.

 

More than half of the new cases were in Bangkok, he said.

 

Thailand has confirmed 2,220 cases and 26 fatalities since the outbreak emerged in the country in January.

 

(Reporting by Patpicha Tanakasempipat)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-04-06

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So the 100ish figure was getting too obvious so now its 50ish

I believe China's figures too! Prayut: How many should I say today? Xi: How about 51. Keep saying there are deaths. Makes it more believable.

You have to treat this as good news. Yes, I know there are probably more cases out there, but from the perspective that the government has been saying it would only ramp up restrictions if the figures got worse, we can at least hope for some sense of normality to return, as opposed to things getting tighter.

9 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

You have to treat this as good news. Yes, I know there are probably more cases out there, but from the perspective that the government has been saying it would only ramp up restrictions if the figures got worse, we can at least hope for some sense of normality to return, as opposed to things getting tighter.

 

 

.... Or, you could be applying logic where none usually exists.

Down is better than up?

12 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

You have to treat this as good news. Yes, I know there are probably more cases out there, but from the perspective that the government has been saying it would only ramp up restrictions if the figures got worse, we can at least hope for some sense of normality to return, as opposed to things getting tighter.

Based on even the steady +/- 100 new cases per day figure, there wasn't much justification for the latest threats to ramp up the curfew and various other measures, if we get a few days at the 50 level then there'll be even less. I'm guessing the authorities are in headless chicken mode, as they are in a number of countries, and simply want to be seen to be doing something, anything. As somebody said recently in the UK government, they're basically damned whatever they do. If they turn the screws further on self-isolation then they'll be accused of going overboard if it works and numbers start to decline, while they'll also be accused of not doing enough if it doesn't work and numbers continue to increase. Who'd want to be a politician at the moment?

How does this counting work? Are these actually the cases reported on Sunday? You can't post Monday's numbers before 11 am on Monday morning. What about the rest of the cases that will come up during Monday. Would they end up in Tuesdays count. Just curious about how this works?

3 minutes ago, ChomDo said:

How does this counting work? Are these actually the cases reported on Sunday? You can't post Monday's numbers before 11 am on Monday morning. What about the rest of the cases that will come up during Monday. Would they end up in Tuesdays count. Just curious about how this works?

The figures are those collated yesterday up to midnight.

You can find updates on every country, with data on number of tests, cases, fatality rate etc. here: https://coronawiki.org/

and here: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

11 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

The figures are those collated yesterday up to midnight.

You can find updates on every country, with data on number of tests, cases, fatality rate etc. here: https://coronawiki.org/

and here: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Ok thanks for the clarification. Makes sense now.

51 is very impressive, keep bring it down. Anyway, I am satisfied with today’s number. 
stay safe, everyone.

42 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

You have to treat this as good news. Yes, I know there are probably more cases out there, but from the perspective that the government has been saying it would only ramp up restrictions if the figures got worse, we can at least hope for some sense of normality to return, as opposed to things getting tighter.

But then why tell the provincial governors to expect more stringent measures, just not making any sense.....

really no surprise thus not much to say, every day we know what to expect

45 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

You have to treat this as good news. Yes, I know there are probably more cases out there, but from the perspective that the government has been saying it would only ramp up restrictions if the figures got worse, we can at least hope for some sense of normality to return, as opposed to things getting tighter.

Isn’t the problem though that Songkran is nearly here?! People will want to mass together and get close to each other and get drunk and drive their motorbikes and cars. This year not only lots of RTAs with deaths and injuries and visits to hospital, but all the congregating in large numbers will be an opportunity for the virus to spread itself around.

 

The question is if there is lockdown over Songkran, how quickly will it be lifted afterwards, bearing in mind the low infection rates and death numbers. 3 deaths from coronavirus, whereas the daily rate for deaths on the road is about 47, yet the government does little to force people to drive more carefully and responsibly.

21 minutes ago, Silencer said:

Indeed....if the numbers were in the 10's of thousands, the hospitals would all be overrun, pictures posted on social media, can't hide 100's of dead bodies at each hospital. Sure the numbers of cases are higher (as everywhere) and some other deaths were likely COVID-related...but no mass deaths occurring at the moment or we would know.

Indeed. Thai's love a good car crash video and blood and gore have traditionally been splashed over the front page.

 

There would be more stories if this was out of control.

 

 

I am starting to believe that the warm weather does have an effect on this virus, as well as wearing masks. Add to that, that Thais do not shake hands, which also limits spread.

 

With so many Chinese coming in to the country during January and February, the streets should be full of dead people now. This has clearly not happened. So the virus must have trouble spreading here at same rate as other countries.

 

I hope this continues like this.

12 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

But then why tell the provincial governors to expect more stringent measures, just not making any sense.....

they didn't tell them to expect, they told them to prepare for in case they do have to bring in more stringent measures.

40 minutes ago, ChomDo said:

How does this counting work? Are these actually the cases reported on Sunday? You can't post Monday's numbers before 11 am on Monday morning. What about the rest of the cases that will come up during Monday. Would they end up in Tuesdays count. Just curious about how this works?

Once they run out of fingers they are screwed and have to bring in an 'expert' with a calculator to do '10x' !

3 minutes ago, Tingnongnoi said:

they didn't tell them to expect, they told them to prepare for in case they do have to bring in more stringent measures.

Well I did not use the right word and I apologize, but when we talk about semantics, they were not told to prepare but:

 

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54 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

So the 100ish figure was getting too obvious so now its 50ish

While I agree the numbers are no doubt higher, maybe even a lot higher, don't you think that we would hear about more up-country hospitals overflowing and bodies piling up at the local wats if it was like 100 times higher? The hospitals and clinics near us in the outskirts of Bangkok aren't bursting with patients. So, barring that kind of underground news - everyone has a cellphone nowadays, so it would be tough to hide - the only metric we have are the "official" numbers. Since the numbers are not rising exponentially...and in the last few days, actually going down a little maybe there is reason to believe things are getting better and hiding in our homes is working. How many more cases would it take for the difference in reported numbers and actual numbers to be so obvious that it could not remain hidden? While Thailand doesn't have the most free press on the planet, it ain't China either. Fire away but when you do, please have some sort of evidence that the numbers are so much higher than being reported.

Metisdead, completely agree. The way it is, whether we like it or not.

 

That's why many Thais can only talk in private, the things they wants to say.

 

Why should it be different on a public forum.

 

A pain in the bum that we can't talk about sports right now, no sports up and running ;-(

 

 

The local Thai's attempt as social distancing for a funeral today:-

 

 

Tragic for the medical staff ???? Huge, huge admiration for everyone attending to this crisis in the medical profession.

 

Again, these numbers are typically where you can't escape showing the counts. Few numbers outside of Bangkok where only social media might report otherwise.

 

Let's pray the drop is truly indicative of the situation. ????

15 minutes ago, Hockeybik said:

 How many more cases would it take for the difference in reported numbers and actual numbers to be so obvious that it could not remain hidden? 

A lot. Spread 5-10k deaths out over 69 provinces and then over 8 weeks. Not a lot has to happen in any given place to make a big difference spread out. As an analogy: I tend to believe the numbers of reported traffic deaths here even though in all the time I've spent in Thailand starting in 1995 I've only directly witnessed 1 traffic fatality. I can't reasonably say, "If there really are over twenty thousand people dying in the streets here every year, I should see dead people lying everywhere when I go outside." If the whole country were constrained to Koh Samui or something like that, it could not be obscured. But, it's a big country with lots of provinces. 

3 minutes ago, Jip99 said:

The local Thai's attempt as social distancing for a funeral today:-

 

 

They just don't understand social distancing and isolating. Till they do, this isn't going away here ????

 

1 minute ago, JCP108 said:

A lot. Spread 5-10k cases out over 69 provinces and then over 8 weeks. 

I agree, and I might even agree the actual number of infected people could be 10x or maybe 15x higher, heck even go 20x higher that is still 0.06% of 65,000,000. Your 5-10k number is only a little higher than the 2,000+ being reported and almost 800 of them have recovered! Maybe considering a very high factor of unknown infections, it may not be all that bad. Certainly this isn't New York City or Milano.

2 minutes ago, Hockeybik said:

I agree, and I might even agree the actual number of infected people could be 10x or maybe 15x higher, heck even go 20x higher that is still 0.06% of 65,000,000. Your 5-10k number is only a little higher than the 2,000+ being reported and almost 800 of them have recovered! Maybe considering a very high factor of unknown infections, it may not be all that bad. Certainly this isn't New York City or Milano.

I'm sorry but I miswrote my first post. I meant 5-10k deaths. So, we prob don't fully agree. 

It truly is a sad state of affairs we are in.  Live one day at a time, and take everything with a grain of salt.  Just glad they stopped me from running in Lumpini Park, I might have died from exercise.

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

But then why tell the provincial governors to expect more stringent measures, just not making any sense.....

Yes, let’s arrange for some more hospitals, prepare for a 24 hour lockdown etc etc .........,just in case 

 

They have an idea of the real number of infected people that are out there, not just the few that can afford to be tested or on deaths door. 

But they have set their stall out on how they are going to report this. Maybe it prevents mass panic and is a good idea in that sense but also what it does is make a mockery of the real situation and undermines the seriousness of the measures they are attempting to enforce I.e, social distancing. 
 

They are giving the impression they are winning the battle when in fact it hasnt even started.