Thailand sees biggest jump in Covid-19 cases as global numbers hit 100m

[webfact]

Thailand sees biggest jump in Covid-19 cases as global numbers hit 100m

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Tuesday reported 959 new cases, the highest number on a single day since the outbreak last year, including 22 people who had travelled from abroad.

 

Of the new cases, 89 were exposed to the virus while visiting high-risk areas. The province with the highest number of infections is Samut Sakhon (70), followed by Bangkok (17), Samut Songkham (1), and Ubon Ratchathani (1).

 

Proactive testing led to the discovery of 848 cases -- 760 foreigners and 84 Thais -- in Samut Sakhon, and four Thais in Bangkok.

 

Of the returnees, 13 are Thai nationals, returning from the United Kingdom (5), United States (3), Myanmar (3) and Denmark(1). Also testing positive were two Indians, two Sudanese, a Chinese, an Indonesian, a Pakistani, a Briton, a Russian and a Nepali who flew in from their respective nations.

 

Meanwhile, 119 patients have recovered and been discharged.

 

As of Tuesday, the number of confirmed cases in Thailand had risen to 14,646. Of these, 12,250 contracted the virus domestically, including 5,532 who were found via proactive testing, and 2,396 are returnees. So far, 10,892 have recovered and been discharged, 3,679 patients are still in hospital and the death toll is 75.

 

According to Worldometer, as of 10am on Tuesday, the number of confirmed cases globally has hit 100 million (increasing by 449,073), 72.29 million have recovered, 25.84 million are active cases (110,250 in severe condition) and 2.15 million have died (up by 9,597).

 

Thailand ranks 123rd on the global list of most cases. The US tops the list with 25.86 million, followed by India 10.68 million, Brazil 8.87 million, Russia 3.73 million and the United Kingdom 3.67 million.

 

Taweesin Visanuyothin, the CCSA spokesperson, revealed that the number of cases in the second wave since December 16 had reached 10,409, after 10 months under the emergency decree.

 

In the second outbreak, patients had an average age of 34. The age range with most cases is around 20-29 years old (58 per cent) followed by 30-39 years old (29 per cent). Women tended to get infected more often than men with a ratio of 1.36 female patients to 1 male.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30401815

 

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[webfact]

Thailand reports 959 new COVID-19 infections

 

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Thailand reported 959 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday - the biggest single day rise in new infections since the outbreak of the virus in the country.

 

However, the vast majority of the new cases were discovered during testing of migrant workers at quarantine facilities and hospitals in Samut Sakhon.

 

Of the new cases, 937 were local transmissions, 914 of which were discovered in Samut Sakhon, while 22 were imported from people entering quarantine.

 

Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA)also reported 230 people had been discharged from hospital having made a full recovery. 

 

3,679 people remain in hospital or held in a migrant worker quarantine centre.

 

Tuesday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 14,646, with 75 deaths.

 

The number of new infections and total cases in Thailand since 14 Dec is as follows:

 

14 Dec: +28 (4,237)
15 Dec: +9 (4,246)
16 Dec: +15 (4,261)
17 Dec: +20 (4,281)
18 Dec: +16 (4,297)
19 Dec: +34 (4,331)
20 Dec: +576 (4,907)
21 Dec: +382 (5,289)
22 Dec: +427 (5,716)
23 Dec: +46 (5,762)
24 Dec: +67 (5,829)
25 Dec: +81 (5,910)
26 Dec: +110 (6,020)
27 Dec: +121 (6,141)
28 Dec: +144 (6,285)
29 Dec: +155 (6,440)
30 Dec: +250 (6,690)
31 Dec: +194 (6,884)
1 Jan: +279 (7,163)
2 Jan: +216 (7,379) 
3 Jan: +315 (7,694)
4 Jan: +745 (8,439)
5 Jan: +527 (8,966)
6 Jan:+365 (9,331)
7 Jan:+305 (9,636)
8 Jan:+205 (9,841)
9 Jan:+212 (10,053)
10 Jan:+245 (10,298)
11 Jan:+249 (10,547)
12 Jan:+287 (10,834)
13 Jan:+157 (10,991)
14 Jan:+271 (11,262)
15 Jan:+188 (11,450)
16 Jan:+230 (11,680)
17 Jan:+374 (12,045)
18 Jan: +369 (8,186)
19 Jan: +171 (8,357)
20 Jan: +59 (8,416)
21 Jan: +142 (8,558)
22 Jan: +309 (8,867)
23 Jan: +198 (9,065)
24 Jan: +198 (9,263)
25 Jan: +187 (9,450)
26 Jan: +959 (10,409)

 

 

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[Almer]

Seek and ye shall find

[Surelynot]

Just now, Almer said:

Seek and ye shall find

Don't seek and you could be looking at a significant growth in infections, long term covid sufferers and deaths.......you are right....best not to look in the first place.

[Mavideol]

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

Proactive testing led to the discovery of 848 cases -- 760 foreigners and 84 Thais

where did they find 760 infected foreigners, the country is closed to uncontrolled arrivals, if they arrived under any special visa scheme and tested positive, then straight to quarantine

[robblok]

6 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

where did they find 760 infected foreigners, the country is closed to uncontrolled arrivals, if they arrived under any special visa scheme and tested positive, then straight to quarantine

The infections are local and the foreigners are people from neighboring countries. Probably smuggled in. If not then they caught it from the ones that were smuggled in and living in close contact with them.

 

So they are not talking about those that got in through the quarantine.

[sammieuk1]

Will this mean officials saying it will be all under control by the end of the month looking stupid ???? 

[dinsdale]

12 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

where did they find 760 infected foreigners, the country is closed to uncontrolled arrivals, if they arrived under any special visa scheme and tested positive, then straight to quarantine

Already here. This is what happens with active mass testing. Find those who have it and have been spreading it. Needs to happen in BKK. Cannot wait until and rely upon vaccines. Pro-active is the way and always has been. Thailand seems to have head in the sand approach. Samut Sakhon approach needs to be widened to other red zones in the first instance. 10 days with no local transmittions seems to be the global benchmark. Thailand is a long way from this. Only way it will happen soon is a coverup of true numbers.

Edited January 26, 2021 by dinsdale

[TSF]

14 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

where did they find 760 infected foreigners, the country is closed to uncontrolled arrivals, if they arrived under any special visa scheme and tested positive, then straight to quarantine

They're Burmese, bought in to do slave labor beneath Thais. 

[stubuzz]

32 minutes ago, webfact said:

including 22 people who had travelled from abroad.

Why is there such a high number of positive cases in quarantine?

[Mavideol]

4 minutes ago, robblok said:

The infections are local and the foreigners are people from neighboring countries. Probably smuggled in. If not then they caught it from the ones that were smuggled in and living in close contact with them.

 

So they are not talking about those that got in through the quarantine.

so the "foreigners" could be Myanmar, Cambodia or Indian workers.... but the country is closed, and the government said they had tackled all smuggling from the neighboring countries, are these the ones falling  through the cracks 555

[Bkk Brian]

1 minute ago, Mavideol said:

so the "foreigners" could be Myanmar, Cambodia or Indian workers.... but the country is closed, and the government said they had tackled all smuggling from the neighboring countries, are these the ones falling  through the cracks 555

The population of Samut Sakhon is dominated by migrant workers who far outnumber local Thai's. They are the main source of labour for all the factory jobs and fishing related work that the Thai's don't do

[dinsdale]

12 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

The population of Samut Sakhon is dominated by migrant workers who far outnumber local Thai's. They are the main source of labour for all the factory jobs and fishing related work that the Thai's don't do

Please give us these numbers. I live there. The largest population I would say are from Isan. Mahachai does have a large number of migrant workers but I would love to see some evidence to support your statement. With a population around 600,000 that's alot of migrant workers.

[sapson]

6 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

The population of Samut Sakhon is dominated by migrant workers who far outnumber local Thai's. They are the main source of labour for all the factory jobs and fishing related work that the Thai's don't do

 

Indeed but the Thais who do work in the factories along side their migrant colleagues travel in their thousands  to the provinces over the New years holidays.

 

With actual testing now happening in the thousands in Samut Sakhon and showing a 10% hit rate, one wonders what the reality of the nationwide situation is? only testing would reveal that.

[Laughing Gravy]

Wow some jump or maybe just finally testing people. Kiss goodbye to the borders opening in the next few months and restrictions on the lock down.

 

This is sad for those in the country and those who want to go back.

Edited January 26, 2021 by Laughing Gravy
To show not gloating

[Bkk Brian]

12 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Please give us these numbers. I live there. The largest population I would say are from Isan. Mahachai does have a large number of migrant workers but I would love to see some evidence to support your statement. With a population around 600,000 that's alot of migrant workers.

This year, the World Health Organisation revealed that about 400,000 Myanmar workers had decided to stay put in Samut Sakhon and keep its seafood industry alive, even though their compatriots left Thailand in droves after COVID-19 struck. 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/little-myanmar-covid-19-cluster-a-big-lesson-for-thailand/

[Bkk Brian]

11 minutes ago, sapson said:

 

Indeed but the Thais who do work in the factories along side their migrant colleagues travel in their thousands  to the provinces over the New years holidays.

 

With actual testing now happening in the thousands in Samut Sakhon and showing a 10% hit rate, one wonders what the reality of the nationwide situation is? only testing would reveal that.

Exactly, and the hit rate is higher than 10% as they only carried out 5k+ tests on the first day instead of the target 10k

[cyril sneer]

Dirty foreigners 

[2530Ubon]

The sad thing is the lack of testing. I read today that they want to increase testing to 10,000 a day - so if they're finding almost 1000 - and not testing 10,000 that means MORE than 10% of the results are coming back positive. That should be very worrying

Edited January 26, 2021 by 2530Ubon

[FarFlungFalang]

19 minutes ago, DLock said:

 

As well as all the Numpties on TV who are congratulating the Thai authorities for such a great job and saying it's all under control...

 

The true situation is reflected in the high infection rates from testing.

From yesterday's numbers from Samut Sakhon 5,574 tests with 914 positives  gives a infection rate of 16% which as you said is quite high.

[John Drake]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Thailand ranks 123rd on the global list of most cases.

 

From 128 to 123 just over the past few days. Getting there.

[dinsdale]

26 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

This year, the World Health Organisation revealed that about 400,000 Myanmar workers had decided to stay put in Samut Sakhon and keep its seafood industry alive, even though their compatriots left Thailand in droves after COVID-19 struck. 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/little-myanmar-covid-19-cluster-a-big-lesson-for-thailand/

Ok. So 600,000 is around the official population. I don't think migrant workers are included so add migrant numbers on top. Remember these workers come and go. Many go home, many get deported daily and many arrive legit or not. Think you will find Isan people are the most. As I say I live there and are well aware of little Myanmar.

UNESCO:

Internal migrants in Thailand constitute a substantial population: According to the 2010 Thailand Population and Housing Census, 8.3% of the Thai population had migrated internally during the previous five years, and overall 21.8% of the population did not live in their home town (National Statistical Office 2010b).1 This significantly outstrips international migrant stocks (inflows and outflows from Thailand), estimated at just under 4.5 million in 2017 (UNDESA 2017).

p.s. Just asked a Thai person if the are more Burmese in Samut Sakhon than Thais. Answer: No!

Edited January 26, 2021 by dinsdale

[onthedarkside]

A post with a trolling graphic has been removed.

 

[mr_lob]

Has anything be done to find the corrupt border officals that got the Burmese over unchecked? Or will it, as usual, be a "misunderstanding". Basket of bats/rats nest soup and a wai and its all good in the World

[Bkk Brian]

22 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Ok. So 600,000 is around the official population. I don't think migrant workers are included so add migrant numbers on top. Remember these workers come and go. Many go home, many get deported daily and many arrive legit or not. Think you will find Isan people are the most. As I say I live there and are well aware of little Myanmar.

UNESCO:

Internal migrants in Thailand constitute a substantial population: According to the 2010 Thailand Population and Housing Census, 8.3% of the Thai population had migrated internally during the previous five years, and overall 21.8% of the population did not live in their home town (National Statistical Office 2010b).1 This significantly outstrips international migrant stocks (inflows and outflows from Thailand), estimated at just under 4.5 million in 2017 (UNDESA 2017).

p.s. Just asked a Thai person if the are more Burmese in Samut Sakhon than Thais. Answer: No!

Yes I read that report before but its from 2010, a lot can change number wise in 10 years, thats why I never quoted it

[bkk6060]

Samut Sakhon=build that wall!

[dinsdale]

15 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Yes I read that report before but its from 2010, a lot can change number wise in 10 years, thats why I never quoted it

Agree. I have seen a huge increase in Burmese in that time but they don't outnumber the Thais.

[Nout]

2 hours ago, Mavideol said:

where did they find 760 infected foreigners, the country is closed to uncontrolled arrivals, if they arrived under any special visa scheme and tested positive, then straight to quarantine

They might have been here for months or years...Every foreigner I know has been here over a

[Cake Monster]

2 hours ago, Mavideol said:

where did they find 760 infected foreigners, the country is closed to uncontrolled arrivals, if they arrived under any special visa scheme and tested positive, then straight to quarantine

They are so easy to find in the " Migrant Workers Quarantine Facilities "

All those people herded together in one place is going to be a Petri Dish for everything from Covid to a Snotty Nose.

[rabas]

1 hour ago, stubuzz said:

Why is there such a high number of positive cases in quarantine?

Because of incubation time.

 

A test can only detect covid 2-3 days after exposure.  They test 3 days before departure.  So testing can't detect people exposed within 5-6 days of boarding. 

 

Quarantine is what stops covid from entering the country.  Positive cases in quarantine means it's working.

 

Now they need to quarantine Samut Sakhon, soon.

 

Edited January 26, 2021 by rabas