Thailand reports two new coronavirus cases, no new deaths

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Thailand reports two new coronavirus cases, no new deaths

 

FILE PHOTO: Reuters

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Tuesday reported two new coronavirus cases and no new deaths, bringing its total to 3,121 confirmed cases, of which 58 were fatalities.

 

The two cases were quarantined Thai nationals returning from Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands, said Panprapa Yongtrakul, a spokeswoman for the government's COVID-19 Administration Centre.

 

Thailand has recorded no new local transmissions for 15 days in a row, while 2,973 patients have recovered.

 

(Repoting by Panarat Thepgumpanat; Editing by Martin Petty)

 

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[Traubert]

Good number Thailand.

 

Can I have quiet beer with dinner now? I'm feeling oppressed.

[webfact]

Two new virus cases in 24 hours, both in state quarantine

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand saw two new confirmed Covid-19 cases without any deaths in the past 24 hours, Dr Panprapa Yongtrakul, deputy spokeswoman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said today (June 9).

 

Of the two cases, one is a 22-year-old male student who didn’t show any symptoms on his return from Saudi Arabia, and who went into quarantine in Pattani. He was found to be infected after a second test on June 7. The other case is a 31-year-old officer who came home from the Netherlands and went into quarantine in Bangkok. Her first test was a “weak positive” and she was confirmed on June 8 to have contracted the virus.

 

One patient has fully recovered and returned home in the past 24 hours.

 

As of today, the number of confirmed cases in the country stands at 3,121. Of these, 90 patients are under treatment, 2,973 have recovered and been discharged, and 58 have died.

 

Dr Panprapa is concerned virus infections will increase as a number of companies have called in their employees to resume working from the office. The employees have been instructed to keep wearing face masks and avoid crowding especially during lunch.

 

Globally, the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has reached 7.1 million, increasing by 107,000 in a 24-hour period, and about 408,000 deaths.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30389316

 

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[JCP108]

Didn't watch the report today. Did they talk at all about the recent NYT article that found that 1,800 more people died in March in Thailand than would be expected per past data trends?

 

/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/world/coronavirus-missing-deaths.html

[SkyFax]

... and per the above NYT report, that number represents a 'PCT above normal' of 4%, the same as Finland (Finland?)

[JCP108]

2 minutes ago, SkyFax said:

... and per the above NYT report, that number represents a 'PCT above normal' of 4%, the same as Finland (Finland?)

Not sure what your point is in re Finland.

 

Each month about 47k people die in Thailand. If the uptick started at the turn of the year, an extra 4% of deaths would mean around an extra 9,400 deaths this year. That would be 9,342 more than have been reported. 

[SkyFax]

From the same NYT chart PCT above normal

 

Spain 72%

US 23%

Italy 49%

UK 56%

Netherlands 38%

France 34%

Sweden 32%

ETC.

Thailand 4%

 

 

[JCP108]

1 minute ago, SkyFax said:

From the same NYT chart PCT above normal

 

Spain 72%

US 23%

Italy 49%

UK 56%

Netherlands 38%

France 34%

Sweden 32%

ETC.

Thailand 4%

 

 

Right. That's probably why it would be much harder to hide in those places. However, even in the U.S. in Florida, the official reports were 10% less than the actual data and that went on for a bit until a local newspaper caught the discrepancy (after looking at public data provided by local coroners). Btw, the solution to that discrepancy in Florida was for the state officials to ban the locals from reporting so now we don't know about the data from that locale other than what the state wants to say. 

[metisdead]

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[SantiSuk]

4% above normal deaths - does not mean they are all Covid*. As has been widely reported globally, hospitals are not being visited by patients with other conditions (scared of catching the virus) and some physicians interviewed on the global news channels have voiced concerns that prolonging attention to developing symptoms on non-Covid diseases could lead to problems.

 

* For avoidance of doubt I agree that some of them are likely to be Covid.

[Moonlover]

1 hour ago, JCP108 said:

Didn't watch the report today. Did they talk at all about the recent NYT article that found that 1,800 more people died in March in Thailand than would be expected per past data trends?

 

/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/world/coronavirus-missing-deaths.html

There was no CCSA briefing today. They are only presenting them 3 days a week now, Mon, Wed, Fri.

 

No matter, I don't think that there should be any surprise in an uptick of 4% in deaths during this period. I'm sure that C19 had entered Thailand much earlier than the first reported case, courtesy, albeit unwittingly, of the Chinese and was already spreading through the Thai community.

 

This was, I believe the 1st wave and this data In way actually reinforces my theory.

 

 

 

[Sheryl]

23 minutes ago, SantiSuk said:

4% above normal deaths - does not mean they are all Covid*. As has been widely reported globally, hospitals are not being visited by patients with other conditions (scared of catching the virus) and some physicians interviewed on the global news channels have voiced concerns that prolonging attention to developing symptoms on non-Covid diseases could lead to problems.

 

* For avoidance of doubt I agree that some of them are likely to be Covid.

 

For sure, excess deaths will include deaths from other causes due to lack of medical care, especially in places where the health system fell apart (as it did in NYC) but even in places where it didn't...people were discouraged from going to hospitals out of both fear of infection and fear of being isolated without their family members etc.

 

Deaths at home increased 10 fold in NYC and hospital admissions for both heart attack and stroke -- neither of which could be expected to have decreased in incidence -- fell dramatically. Obviously many of those heart attacks and strokes went without medical care and are counted among the deaths at home.

 

But these deaths are still COVID-related. Indeed the collateral damage from an overwhelmed health system is one of the main reasons to try to "flatten the curve".

 

Excess deaths are the best way to measure the total impact of this pandemic on a large scale as it gets around issues like some people not having been tested, limited info on causes of deaths at home, deaths early in the outbreak which were not correctly diagnosed, countries (and even individual states and hospitals) using different criteria to classify a death as COVID etc etc etc.

 

It will include deaths from other causes that were due to interrupted access to health care. On the other hand, it will also be reduced by the reduction in road accidents etc. Both of these things were indirect effects of the pandemic.

[SkyFax]

1 hour ago, JCP108 said:

Right. That's probably why it would be much harder to hide in those places. However, even in the U.S. in Florida,

So Thailand has done a better job of hiding its COVID-19 cases than has Florida?

 

And as noted by Ms. Sheryl above, that info was mostly all referenced in the NYTimes analysis.

[ExpatOne]

It’s interesting that the only reported cases are imports but they are still restricting a lot of things and requiring social distancing. Doesn’t add up. If we really didn’t have any local cases there isn’t a reason for caution as long as the people arriving are quarantined. 

[JCP108]

23 minutes ago, SkyFax said:

So Thailand has done a better job of hiding its COVID-19 cases than has Florida?

 

And as noted by Ms. Sheryl above, that info was mostly all referenced in the NYTimes analysis.

Seems so.