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Thailand on Friday (May 21) reported 3,481 new COVID-19 cases and 32 more deaths.

 

● 2,530 new infections
● 951 prison / prison infections
 
Friday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 123,066 with 735 deaths.

 

The news comes as the govt has replaced its "walk-in" COVID-19 inoculation program with 'on-site”, to avoid misunderstandings that vaccines can be administered right away on the same day. 

 

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The 3,481 new COVID cases and 32 additional deaths reported by the Thai government on Friday mark the third highest totals of each since the start of the pandemic, bringing the nation’s official COVID case count to 123,066.

 

The 3,481 new case tally had been exceeded only by the 9,635 and 4,887 daily cases reached on May 17 and May 13, respectively. The 32 new deaths ties for the third highest daily total, exceeded only by 35 and 34 daily deaths reached on May 18 and May 12, respectively.

 

Even subtracting the 951 new prison cases reported Friday, the 2,530 new general population cases subtotal marked the third consecutive day of increases and also was the third highest total ever. The only higher general population totals have been 2,839 on April 24 and 2,782 on May 17.

 

The 951 new prison COVID cases reported Friday brought the nation’s total of prison cases to 14,548, with new prison cases reported on eight of the past nine days. Thai corrections officials are scrambling to both test all inmates in the sprawling prison system and begin vaccinating inmates.

 

The government also reported 2,868 recovered COVID patients had been released from hospital facilities of various types (hospitals, field hospitals and hotel hospitals) after being found no longer contagious. But because Friday’s total 3,481 new case count is larger, the total hospitalized population will again increase.

 

The total hospitalized COVID population rose from 42,246 to 42,827 on Friday, with the government reporting a pandemic record 1,248 COVID patients listed in critical condition, up 35 from the prior day. The portion of those needing ventilators to breathe rose by three to 408, as shown in the light blue box below.

 

 

 

 

And the beat goes on... 

A source is advising that the Thai government later today will announce the government's COVID vaccination program for foreign nationals will commence on June 7, including the details of participating hospitals.

 

'Flatlining' moving up a thousand souls then !

Looks like the cluster numbers might be coming in but still hovering in the 2000's. These numbers should see Thailand at number 90 on the covid chart and fairly soon will crack the top 20 in weekly trends.

Edited May 21, 20215 yr by dinsdale

Thailand's rolling seven-day average of new COVID cases has set another new record of 4,006 cases per day through the latest data update as of May 19.

 

The rolling seven-day average of daily COVID deaths declined slightly during the same period to just over 27 per day.

 

Public health officials often use the trends of the rolling seven-day averages of new COVID cases and deaths to gauge how they are faring with the pandemic.

 

 

 

 

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/thailand?country=~THA#what-is-the-daily-number-of-confirmed-cases

 

 

 

 

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

govt has replaced its "walk-in" COVID-19 inoculation program with 'on-site”

But that was yesterday, today we' ll have a new one, won't we? 

Edited May 21, 20215 yr by RotBenz8888

Is there an update on ICU and serious cases hospitalization?

songkran

"to avoid misunderstandings the vaccines can be delivered on the same day".

 

Sorry I do not understand.  When are they delivered six weeks later. 

17 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

A source is advising that the Thai government later today will announce the government's COVID vaccination program for foreign nationals will commence on June 7, including the details of participating hospitals.

 

 

This will most likely be kiosks set up to help us unwashed Farangs buy tickets to leave the country and get inoculated at hospitals in our home country.

 

14 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Is there an update on ICU and serious cases hospitalization?

 

Usually comes during the 12:30 pm Thai language news briefing.

 

21 minutes ago, clarky cat said:

songkran

The gift that keeps on giving.  As the PM said "What will be will be"  guess he was clairvoyant.

Edited May 21, 20215 yr by ThailandRyan

28 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said:

But that was yesterday, today we' ll have a new one, won't we? 

How do you get to an "on site" if you don't "walk in"?If I walk in can I call it a "walkin"?It's starting to sound like Steve King's Dark Tower stories.So the "walk ins" turned into "walkouts"?

1 minute ago, FarFlungFalang said:

How do you get to an "on site" if you don't "walk in"?If I walk in can I call it a "walkin"?It's starting to sound like Steve King's Dark Tower stories.So the "walk ins" turned into "walkouts"?

You might well be a vaccine wasted!

4 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

How do you get to an "on site" if you don't "walk in"?If I walk in can I call it a "walkin"?It's starting to sound like Steve King's Dark Tower stories.So the "walk ins" turned into "walkouts"?

I assume they mean a on site registration, get appt., come back for shot.

1 minute ago, jacko45k said:

You might well be a vaccine wasted!

I wish I was wasted, ran out a couple of days ago now withdrawals are setting in!You're right a vaccine would be waisted on me if you managed to catch me and hold me down long enough.

4 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

I assume they mean a on site registration, get appt., come back for shot.

I think you assume correctly they just added registration for walkins and Prayuth calls them onsite to claim kudos but they are still walkins.

Edited May 21, 20215 yr by FarFlungFalang

in my opinion, people only sort-of care about 2000 to 3000.  

 

2000/70000000  just isn't making everyone wear masks.  Every day I see 40 people half wearing them or not wearing them.......

 

2000 seems like the new normal.  

 

i'm not in a deep red zone............

 

get the jab.....save a life.    and give each kid you see 1000 Thai you stingy falangs!!!  lol

 

 

Meanwhile, the number of COVID clusters being reported in Bangkok (36), and the resulting number of public market closures (10), keep growing:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/earthpongsakornk/photos/a.121678512575386/525912535485313/?type=3

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158029971242050

 

 

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Meanwhile, the number of COVID clusters being reported in Bangkok (36), and the resulting number of public market closures (10), keep growing:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/earthpongsakornk/photos/a.121678512575386/525912535485313/?type=3

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/thaimoph/posts/313071740302736

 

 

If there was one that had a cluster of infected, one would expect all to have Infections within them, both Thai and foreigners, not just foreigners as Thais are not immune.

Edited May 21, 20215 yr by ThailandRyan

40 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Is there an update on ICU and serious cases hospitalization?

This is what really matters, not thousands of asymptomatic cases which distort the stats.

2 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Meanwhile, the number of COVID clusters being reported in Bangkok (36), and the resulting number of public market closures (10), keep growing:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/earthpongsakornk/photos/a.121678512575386/525912535485313/?type=3

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/thaimoph/posts/313071740302736

 

 

Better off calling it what it is "The Bangkok Cluster" or the "TBCF". Oooops another spelling error sorry about that.If they called it that there would be only one cluster.

14 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

This is what really matters, not thousands of asymptomatic cases which distort the stats.

Explain how it distorts the stats. Asymptomatics can infect others and some of those will become symptomatic and possibly die. Asymptomatic people also suffer other medical conditions unbeknownst to them until later on.

Edited May 21, 20215 yr by ThailandRyan

7 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

This is what really matters, not thousands of asymptomatic cases which distort the stats.

 

Those numbers are posted here every day...as soon as they become available.

 

Edited May 21, 20215 yr by TallGuyJohninBKK

16 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

This is what really matters, not thousands of asymptomatic cases which distort the stats.

Only around 30% are asymptomatic, the rest are pre symptomatic. It is these groups that drives the spread of the virus silently. They cannot be detected via temperature screening controls and mix with the community normally.

Edited May 21, 20215 yr by Bkk Brian

9 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

This is what really matters, not thousands of asymptomatic cases which distort the stats.

I'm not sure if you realize but if a person is asymptonatic with covid-19 they obvioulsly have covid-19 and therefore returned a positive covid-19 result and therefore are part of the covid-19 positive infections stats. Maybe you see this differently.

yesterday the news said 1300 new cases in Phetchaburi, but this morning it was reduced to 682.. spare some for tomorrow??

 

Asean countries reported 21,952 cases, higher than Wednesday’s 19,730. https://nationthailand.com/international/40001120

 

Edited May 21, 20215 yr by anchadian