Thailand reports 134 new COVID-19 cases

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Thailand reported 134 new COVID-19 infections on Friday.

 

Of the new cases, 128 were local transmissions, while 6 were imported from people entering quarantine.

 

A further 86 people were discharged from hospital having made a full recovery.

 

1,453 people remain in hospital or held in a migrant worker quarantine centre.

 

Friday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 28,577 with 92 deaths. 

 

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[Bkk Brian]

Samut Sakhon 15 walk in hospital cases, that outbreak has been going on for months now. Officials said at the time it would be over in 3 weeks.

[Emdog]

"Of the new cases, 128 were local transmissions, while 6 were imported from people entering quarantine."

Any follow up tests of contacts? How many random tests? Do they have any idea how many might have been infected and passed it on (rhetorical question best of times...)?

[Pattaya Spotter]

Considering my former home country, the United States, just passed 30M cases, I'd say Thailand is still doing very well.

[ThailandRyan]

8 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

Considering my former home country, the United States, just passed 30M cases, I'd say Thailand is still doing very well.

And Thailand could have 30 million cases as well, but there is no mass testing like in the US, so it is hard to compare in reality.  How many of those cases in the US did not require hospitalization or were just asymptomatic.  And then here In Thailand if your positive no matter what your hospitalized.  If they tested en-mass here the potential for full hospitals or tent cities they have set up would be plausible, but then we will never know now will we.  Looking at it for Face Value, yes it does appear Thailand has done well, but the appearances can be deceiving, and please don't start with the Social media can not be kept from displaying the bodies stacking up and the Hospitals would be full if Covid was rampant Shtick that you and a few others throw out there.

Edited March 26, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[Guderian]

A week or so ago, Bangkok was recording a steady trickle of cases, 5 to 10 a day. Some days this last week, it's been reporting more like 30 to 60 a day. Today almost 100 of the new cases (98 to be exact) were found in Bangkok. Exponential growth, anyone?

[Pattaya Spotter]

23 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

And Thailand could have 30 million cases as well, but there is no mass testing like in the US, so it is hard to compare in reality.  How many of those cases in the US did not require hospitalization or were just asymptomatic.  And then here In Thailand if your positive no matter what your hospitalized.  If they tested en-mass here the potential for full hospitals or tent cities they have set up would be plausible, but then we will never know now will we.  Looking at it for Face Value, yes it does appear Thailand has done well, but the appearances can be deceiving, and please don't start with the Social media can not be kept from displaying the bodies stacking up and the Hospitals would be full if Covid was rampant Shtick that you and a few others throw out there.

30M cases would put Thailand well on the way to herd immunity...another good outcome. I don't understand why some people just can't accept that Thailand has done relatively well during this worldwide pandemic. Whatever, ill go back to enjoying Phuket now.

[brewsterbudgen]

Not even sure why it's still being reported daily.  Just 134 cases, where the vast majority of people are asymptomatic or with only mild symptoms would be a declaration of victory over Covid in a western country!

[polpott]

43 minutes ago, Guderian said:

A week or so ago, Bangkok was recording a steady trickle of cases, 5 to 10 a day. Some days this last week, it's been reporting more like 30 to 60 a day. Today almost 100 of the new cases (98 to be exact) were found in Bangkok. Exponential growth, anyone?

They're in prisons/detention centres.

[Cake Monster]

36 minutes ago, polpott said:

They're in prisons/detention centres.

But strangely, the Virus only seems to infect Inmates.

There are no reports of any Staff members being Infected, whether they be Guards, Admin, Cooks , Cleaners Etc.

Amazing Thailand.

[Bkk Brian]

5 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

But strangely, the Virus only seems to infect Inmates.

There are no reports of any Staff members being Infected, whether they be Guards, Admin, Cooks , Cleaners Etc.

Amazing Thailand.

There was 16 hospital walk in cases in Bangkok. So its still around in the community

[Cake Monster]

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

There was 16 hospital walk in cases in Bangkok. So its still around in the community

That is just 16, my guess would be that there are many  more still at Home feeling Pig Sick, but not wanting to go to the Hospital because they know they will be separated from their Families Business,s Etc if they are found Infected.

[Bkk Brian]

5 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

That is just 16, my guess would be that there are many  more still at Home feeling Pig Sick, but not wanting to go to the Hospital because they know they will be separated from their Families Business,s Etc if they are found Infected.

Totally agree, the last thing I would want if my young daughter caught it mildly at school would be to have her removed from home and taken to a strange hospital, not being able to visit her and scary staff donned in PPE. The emotional damage alone would be long lasting to her.

[FarFlungFalang]

2 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Not even sure why it's still being reported daily.  Just 134 cases, where the vast majority of people are asymptomatic or with only mild symptoms would be a declaration of victory over Covid in a western country!

In Queensland Oz today they announced 1 local transmission and were talking about re-introducing restrictions, although you might be pushing it a bit to sat Queensland is a western country.

[unblocktheplanet]

7 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

Considering my former home country, the United States, just passed 30M cases, I'd say Thailand is still doing very well.

This is true...until you get infected from a random passenger on the Skytrain, in a 7-11, from a taxi driver. Bangkok is already in big trouble but govt won't admit it was wrong. Covid+ is going up by about one-third day-by-day.

 

If they don't lock down the capital to interprovincial travel for Songkran, we're toast with no substantial vaccine plans.

 

Thanks, Too.

 

 

[david555]

On 3/26/2021 at 1:07 PM, ThailandRyan said:

And Thailand could have 30 million cases as well, but there is no mass testing like in the US, so it is hard to compare in reality.  How many of those cases in the US did not require hospitalization or were just asymptomatic.  And then here In Thailand if your positive no matter what your hospitalized.  If they tested en-mass here the potential for full hospitals or tent cities they have set up would be plausible, but then we will never know now will we.  Looking at it for Face Value, yes it does appear Thailand has done well, but the appearances can be deceiving, and please don't start with the Social media can not be kept from displaying the bodies stacking up and the Hospitals would be full if Covid was rampant Shtick that you and a few others throw out there.

Thailand could not "hide" a big number of sick or dead ... be reasonable ...."some" yes but not big numbers ....

 

We may consider ourselves here in Thailand as lucky ones conserning C19

 

When opening tourist borders it shall probably surge ...no matter of vaccines passports .....just a few slipping thru  the controls or asymptomatic ones  is enough...☹️

Edited March 31, 2021 by david555

[brewsterbudgen]

On 3/26/2021 at 8:30 PM, unblocktheplanet said:

This is true...until you get infected from a random passenger on the Skytrain, in a 7-11, from a taxi driver. Bangkok is already in big trouble but govt won't admit it was wrong. Covid+ is going up by about one-third day-by-day.

 

If they don't lock down the capital to interprovincial travel for Songkran, we're toast with no substantial vaccine plans.

 

Thanks, Too.

 

 

 

Rather alarmist, if I may say so!  Locking down the population for Songkran would reduce road deaths but then it would also make sense to just ban cars and motorbikes.  If Bangkok was going to get into "big trouble" from Covid it would have happened months ago!

[ThailandRyan]

2 hours ago, david555 said:

Thailand could not "hide" a big number of sick or dead ... be reasonable ...."some" yes but not big numbers ....

 

We may consider ourselves here in Thailand as lucky ones conserning C19

 

When opening tourist borders it shall probably surge ...no matter of vaccines passports .....just a few slipping thru  the controls or asymptomatic ones  is enough...☹️

No comment, because they do not test like the west as I stated.  If they did you might be surprised or we might all not be surprised at big numbers or a big zero.  Just because you have big numbers of infected or asymptomatic does not mean the hospitals would be full and bodies stacking up.  Here if they tested and had large positives and asymptomatic then the hospitals would be full as they hospitalize all...

[ThailandRyan]

29 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

 

Rather alarmist, if I may say so!  Locking down the population for Songkran would reduce road deaths but then it would also make sense to just ban cars and motorbikes.  If Bangkok was going to get into "big trouble" from Covid it would have happened months ago!

Not True.  Bangkok has daily cases with little testing and most are from hospital walk-ins.  Next

[david555]

11 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

No comment, because they do not test like the west as I stated.  If they did you might be surprised or we might all not be surprised at big numbers or a big zero.  Just because you have big numbers of infected or asymptomatic does not mean the hospitals would be full and bodies stacking up.  Here if they tested and had large positives and asymptomatic then the hospitals would be full as they hospitalize all...

Just your  assumption .....,big numbers you can not hide nor ignore to come surfacing 

[polpott]

Just now, ThailandRyan said:

Not True.  Bangkok has daily cases with little testing and most are from hospital walk-ins.  Next

I don't think you understand the definition of hospital walk ins. Its mainly those found through tracking and tracing. Currently doing a lot of random testing in and around certain Bangkok wet markets and prisons/detention centres.

[polpott]

Just now, polpott said:

I don't think you understand the definition of hospital walk ins. Its mainly those found through tracking and tracing. Currently doing a lot of random testing in and around certain Bangkok wet markets and prisons/detention centres.

"Thailand reported 24 domestic infections out of a total of 42 new Covid-19 Coronavirus daily cases in the past 24 hours, CCSA assistant spokesperson Apisamai Srirangsan announced this morning, March 31st.

The majority of 19 local infections were walk-in/hospital cases, including contact tracing, that were found in Bangkok with 8, Samut Sakhon with 8, and Samut Prakan with 3. Most of them were Thai nationals and symptomatic, according to the reports.

 

The other five cases were reported during proactive case finding in local communities, particularly in local markets, factories, migrant worker’s dormitories, and immigration detention in Samut Sakhon with 3 and Bangkok with 2. All of them were symptomatic and are being isolated in quarantined areas under the supervision of public health officials with no public exposure."

[ThailandRyan]

10 minutes ago, polpott said:

I don't think you understand the definition of hospital walk ins. Its mainly those found through tracking and tracing. Currently doing a lot of random testing in and around certain Bangkok wet markets and prisons/detention centres.

A walk-in to a hospital is just that.  They walk-in to the hospital because they are not feeling well.  They meet the criteria to be tested and therefore are.  They then are either positive or not.  If positive they then find themselves isolated in a room while another test is run to verify the original test and once certified as Covid they are then treated accordingly.  They did not walk into the hospital because they were tracked, traced and then taken to the hospital.  Those that are tracked and traced are tested upon being located ie.. contact tracing.   

Edited March 31, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[polpott]

Just now, ThailandRyan said:

A walk-in to a hospital is just that.  THey walk-in to the hospital because they are not feeling well.  They meet the criteria to be tested and therefore are.  They then are either positive or not.  If positive they then find themselves isolated in a room while another test is run to verify the original test and once certified as Covid they are then treated accordingly.  They did not walk into the hospital because they were tracked, traced and then taken to the hospital.  Those that are tracked and traced are tested upon being located.  

See my previous post. It was pretty obvious that you were unclear about the definition of walk ins.

[ThailandRyan]

4 minutes ago, polpott said:

"Thailand reported 24 domestic infections out of a total of 42 new Covid-19 Coronavirus daily cases in the past 24 hours, CCSA assistant spokesperson Apisamai Srirangsan announced this morning, March 31st.

The majority of 19 local infections were walk-in/hospital cases, including contact tracing, that were found in Bangkok with 8, Samut Sakhon with 8, and Samut Prakan with 3. Most of them were Thai nationals and symptomatic, according to the reports.

 

The other five cases were reported during proactive case finding in local communities, particularly in local markets, factories, migrant worker’s dormitories, and immigration detention in Samut Sakhon with 3 and Bangkok with 2. All of them were symptomatic and are being isolated in quarantined areas under the supervision of public health officials with no public exposure."

"The majority of 19 local infections were walk-in/hospital cases, including contact tracing, that were found in Bangkok".  This does not mean that they all were contact traced.  Lets agree to disagree based upon the semantics of the language and your view upon it and mine.  Have a good day.