Thailand reports 1,390 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths

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Thailand reported 1,390 new COVID-19 infections on Monday and three additional deaths.

 

Of the new cases, 1,058 were local transmissions, while 326 were imported from people entering quarantine and 6 foreign infected persons (screening at checkpoint and entering the hospital/quarantine).

 

14,851 people remain in hospital receiving treatment, 28,787 have recovered.

 

Monday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 43,742 with 104 deaths.

 

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[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Better results overall today compared to the 1,767 new cases reported Sunday, despite the three new deaths reported today, with only two provinces, Bangkok and Chiang Mai, reporting more than 100 new cases (yesterday's numbers in parentheses for comparison):

 

Bangkok -- 293 (down from 347)

Chiang Mai -- 197 (up from 164)

 

Selected Other provinces:

Chonburi -- 98 (down from 229)

Samut Prakan -- 82 (up from 64)

Surat Thani -- 42 -- (up from 38)

Ayutthaya -- 42 (up from 7)

Nonthaburi -- 39 (down from 100)

 

Nakhon Pathom -- 38 (up from 26)

Nakhon Ratchasima -- 35 (down from 51)

Petchburi -- 35 (up from 23)

Samut Sakhon -- 32 (up from 18)

Songkhla -- 32 (up from 25)

 

Prachuap Khiri Khan -- 23 (down from 66)

Udon Thani -- 23 (up from 15)

Rayong -- 19 (down from 35)

Phuket -- 18 (down from 25)

Khon Kaen -- 20 (up from 9)

Chiang Rai -- 17 (unchanged 17)

 

The dropoff in new cases reported Monday may have been influenced by Sunday being the last day of the long Song Kran holidays weekend. However, a government spokesman expressed optimism that the recent control measures/restrictions imposed by the government will lead to "a better situation" in the coming weeks.

 

 

The new COVID cases total the government reported Monday was the lowest daily total in the past five days.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/thaimoph/posts/290630379213539

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thailand's ranking for total COVID cases, compared to countries worldwide (still ranked 109th) and to its regional Asian neighboring countries. Charts from the Thai Ministry of Public Health.

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/thaimoph/posts/290668799209697

[Bkk Brian]

Well we all know they're struggling with testing so these new figures are dubious to say the least

[Marvin Hagler]

Questionable numbers?

How did they arrive at 326 cases from people entering quarantine? What does that even mean?

[robblok]

Just now, Bkk Brian said:

Well we all know they're struggling with testing so these new figures are dubious to say the least

Just wait a few days until everyone is back from holiday and the hospitals are running at full staff and testing places too. 

 

That is if they have enough test solution ect.

 

Though I hope this will go on going down. But i doubt it to be honest.

[ThailandRyan]

It would really be nice to see when these cases were actually tested for, and the time frame from the date of the test to the date of clearing the lab as being reported positive.  Rode by Bumrungrad hospital on my way home from MTT this morning, and it appeared they were already queued up en-mass for covid testing with security guards directing people on where to go, and this was around 9 am.  I understand because of Songkran that many may not have been tested, or those tests have not been resolved in a quick turnaround due to lab techs being on holiday, but I sure hope they are jumping on those today and this week to ensure and calm the publics fears that they are doing everything they can.  

[robblok]

Just now, ThailandRyan said:

It would really be nice to see when these cases were actually tested for, and the time frame from the date of the test to the date of clearing the lab as being reported positive.  Rode by Bumrungrad hospital on my way home from MTT this morning, and it appeared they were already queued up en-mass for covid testing with security guards directing people on where to go, and this was around 9 am.  I understand because of Songkran that many may not have been tested, or those tests have not been resolved in a quick turnaround due to lab techs being on holiday, but I sure hope they are jumping on those today and this week to ensure and calm the publics fears that they are doing everything they can.  

Yes the upcoming week will be interesting with hospitals and test facilities back up to 100% and people back from Songkran. I was actually surprised by the jump during songkran given the limited people home and more limited health care and testing.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

10 minutes ago, Marvin Hagler said:

Questionable numbers?

How did they arrive at 326 cases from people entering quarantine? What does that even mean?

 

326 is from outreach screening, not from traveler's quarantine. Six is today's number of new cases via quarantine.

 

 

Edited April 19, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

 

https://www.facebook.com/NationNews/posts/10157923615731937

[Dmaxdan]

8 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Well we all know they're struggling with testing so these new figures are dubious to say the least

Admissable evidence for you accusations.... thought not.

[keith101]

Is there a website that shows cases by Province , now that all 77 have active cases it would be good to know how many where i am as the last report i have seen was Dec 2020 with 2 women who sold seafood .

Edited April 19, 2021 by keith101

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Appears to be growing.  Each governor exerting his own powers of largess. 

[Bkk Brian]

4 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said:

Admissable evidence for you accusations.... thought not.

Plenty of very recent reports on my claim, its all over the news, read more, not going to provide you the links only to then have you ignore them

[rabas]

12 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

326 is from outreach screening, not from traveler's quarantine. Six is today's number of new cases via quarantine.

 

Do you mean these people were first placed in quarantee because they were high risk, then tested positive? That would make sense to me but I don't know.

Edited April 19, 2021 by rabas

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

A government spokesman provided some details on the three new fatalities:

 

--a 56-year-old male waiter who worked at a Bangkok entertainment venue who had traveled to Buriram and died with COVID and heart failure.

 

--an 84-year-old Bangkok woman with a range of serious pre-existing conditions.

 

--a 61-year-old woman who worked as a trader in Prachuap Khiri Khan who had the pre-existing condition of diabetes.

 

The spokesman said that while younger, working age people are making up the bulk of the total COVID cases, the fatalities thus far are falling predominantly on the older patients, including those with pre-existing conditions.

 

"Thailand's death toll details on 19 April 2564":

 

The 102nd one

Thai male patient, 56 years old, waitress occupation in Bangkok entertainment.

congenital disease: hypertension, brain stroke

Sick address: Mon. Buriram

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The 103nd one

Thai female patient, 84 years old.

congenital disease: diabetes, hypertensive

Cardiovascular stroke, chronic kidney failure, last stage.

Sick address: Bangkok

History of previous confirmation of patients

-----------------------------

 

The 104nd one

Thai female patients, age 61 years old, trading career.

congenital disease: diabetes, hypertension and thyroid

Sick address: Mon. Prachuap Khiri Khan"

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/308817204069944

 

Edited April 19, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[ETatBKK]

shall we dance, absolutely NOT !

today is the first significant drop, hope this suggests a tipping point ! lets find the remedy or the magic, and keep it DOWN !

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

30+ pages of slides from today's Ministry of Public Health news briefing:

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/308820887402909

[smedly]

15 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said:

Admissable evidence for you accusations.... thought not.

 

he has brain

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

9 minutes ago, rabas said:

Do you mean these people were first placed in quarantee because they were high risk, then tested positive? That would make sense to me but I don't know.

 

Outreach testing!  Which the government has been doing all along in various targeted ways, such as the Thong Lo community, etc... Has nothing to do with traveler quarantines.

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

17 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Appears to be growing.  Each governor exerting his own powers of largess. 

 

It had been about 3 dozen provinces, the last time I saw an updated list. So ya, it's been growing lately.

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

19 minutes ago, keith101 said:

Is there a website that shows cases by Province , now that all 77 have active cases it would be good to know how many where i am as the last report i have seen was Dec 2020 .

 

They report new cases each day, but the EN version of those doesn't include cumulative totals. There's a TH version that does include cumulative totals.

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Once again on Monday, the MoPH briefing appeared to provide little to no information on the extent of current hospital bed availability, or on what portion of the 14,851 people the government reported being hospitalized as COVID positive have serious symptoms vs. having little to no symptoms. The government had provided daily updates on the latter info until this past weekend.

 

However, last night, the Ministry of Public Health did provide a list with a patient breakdown at just 15 or so hospital facilities run by the government's Department of Medical Services that did provide such condition breakdowns on a group of about 500 patients in those hospitals on Saturday and Sunday, as follows:

 

(Note, the info below is just a very narrow slice of Thailand's COVID positive population that's been hospitalized. The charts below don't include any private hospital data or data from many other government/public hospital facilities).  But it is the only publicly released breakdown of its kind that I've seen thus far.

 

Also note, I edited the first chart below to add English translations where needed and provide the percentage breakdowns, for clarity purposes, since we are an English language forum.

 

Saturday:

 

Sunday:

 

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

34 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Appears to be growing.  Each governor exerting his own powers of largess. 

Absolute feudalism. 

[Sheryl]

53 minutes ago, Marvin Hagler said:

Questionable numbers?

How did they arrive at 326 cases from people entering quarantine? What does that even mean?

I think it refers to people arriving from abroad and entering State Quarantine or ASQ

[ezzra]

56 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Well we all know they're struggling with testing so these new figures are dubious to say the least

Either Thai people are the most resilient  people on the planet for Covid or the numbers are being fudged and manipulated...

[ThailandRyan]

Just now, ezzra said:

Either Thai people are the most resilient  people on the planet for Covid or the numbers are being fudged and manipulated...

So 50/50 in your view?

[dinsdale]

33 minutes ago, ETatBKK said:

shall we dance, absolutely NOT !

today is the first significant drop, hope this suggests a tipping point ! lets find the remedy or the magic, and keep it DOWN !

This may also indicate a drop in testing.

[bermondburi]

Clearly not exponential or linear growth now. ????????????

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Latest day's COVID vaccinations reports, first cumulative, and then the latest day's additions. The subtotals reflect the portion receiving their first shot vs those receiving their second shot.

 

Negligible progress over the Song Kran weekend. Not sure why there's a small different in the total vaccinations figure between the two different charts.

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/prbangkok/posts/3413528185413445

 

 

 

Edited April 19, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK