Thailand reports 2,455 COVID-19 cases, 41 more deaths

[DrJack54]

17 minutes ago, Susco said:

 

I have to agree that night clubs and fighting stadiums are closed, but if you want to claim that there aren't many bars and other entertainment venues open, behind closed doors,  then you should change glasses.

 

This is so in Bangkok and many other places

Bars? Where.

[anchadian]

 

#COVID19 UPDATE FOR THAI PRISONS:

18 May: 1,408

19 May: 1,117

20 May: 999

21 May: 842

22 May: 523

23 May: 499

24 May: 628 + 1 death

25 May: 1,429 + 1 death

26 May: 1,429 + 3 deaths

 

TOTAL: 19,753 cases and 6 deaths #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1397464314815025155

 

Edited May 26, 2021 by anchadian

[anchadian]

 

The CCSA has allowed international schools across Thailand to hold the SAT examinations from 24 April to 10 June 2021. The exams must be held under strict public health and disease control measures.

 

 

https://twitter.com/prdthailand/status/1397462512954712067

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

 

32 minutes ago, anchadian said:

That brings a total of 2,532 unreported covid-19 infections.  Let's see tomorrow.

 

It's kind of hard to refer to all those as "unreported" cases when about half that number was only announced today by Corrections long after yesterday's cutoff for today's MoPH morning update.

[anchadian]

Political cartoon by

@stephffart

: This is your captain speaking ... Starting from June 7, you will be able to register for access to lifeboats that we haven't received yet! #COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1397469777942106113

 

[anchadian]

6 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

 

It's kind of hard to refer to all those as "unreported" cases when about half that number was only announced today by Corrections long after yesterday's cutoff for today's MoPH morning update.

True.  Let's see what's reported tomorrow.

[anchadian]

Health officials in central Bangkok’s Huai Khwang district aim to test a total of 8,000 workers after Covid-19 was discovered at two construction sites in the district

 

 

The tests are being administered by a mobile unit in Watthanatham Market on Watthanatham Road.

 

“The unit will provide testing by swab until May 28 to workers from 25 construction sites in Huai Khwang,” said district chief Anuchit Phiphitkul on Wednesday.

 

More:

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40001326

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

46 minutes ago, anchadian said:

 

#COVID19 UPDATE FOR THAI PRISONS:

18 May: 1,408

19 May: 1,117

20 May: 999

21 May: 842

22 May: 523

23 May: 499

24 May: 628 + 1 death

25 May: 1,429 + 1 death

26 May: 1,429 + 3 deaths

 

TOTAL: 19,753 cases and 6 deaths #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1397464314815025155

 

 

I think someone (Richard in this case) has made a mistaken entry for the May 26 figure above.

 

 

Edited May 26, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[FarFlungFalang]

1 hour ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Once the ribbon cutting is over and vaccination centers are pumping out local made AstraZenica jabs, I am hoping there will be a grey market for paying customers getting Moderna. 

Fifty shades of black market?

[placeholder]

6 hours ago, Fex Bluse said:

People just don't understand Thailand, or Asia for that matter. Westerners generally assume everyone is like us. It's arrogance, really. 

 

You mean we think the worst of people?

[FarFlungFalang]

1 hour ago, Excel said:

I'm waiting for the blue coloured Pfizer ????

So this stops covid and erectile disfunction?Bound to stop vax hesitancy as well!

[blackcab]

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Thailand continues slowly climbing, now ranking 85th among more than 200 countries based on total numbers of COVID cases.

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/332785071673157

 

 

It should be 84th, as Thailand's number (137,894) is greater than South Korea's number (137,682).

 

I'm sure that will get fixed tomorrow.

[wensiensheng]

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

BREAKING: Department of Corrections are reporting 1,243 new cases today and three more deaths. This brings the total so far to 19,753 infections and six deaths. Most new cases today were at Thonburi Remand Prison (487) where 93.31% of inmates are infected #Thailand

 

 

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1397454577905987584

 

It’s interesting how the prison numbers seem to be reported, one prison at a time. I wonder why Thonburi didn’t report its cases a week or two ago. I bet they were there.

[Cake Monster]

5 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

The total cumulative number of prison cases that MoPH had reported in their tallies through yesterday was 16,704. How does that match to Correction's total number of cases prior to last night's additions?

16,700 Inmates, is about 5% ( give or take ) of the total Prison population in Thailand.

If the total 320,000 had been tested then we would have a 5 % Infection rate within the Prisons. however only a small number in comparison to the total number of inmates nationwide have been tested.

This would suggest that the Infection rates within the Prison System are really high, but without the data on how many tests have been performed across the whole Prison System so far, we can only guess at the Infection rates.

I would not be surprised if the Infection rates were close to 30 % of the Inmates, and it is a fact there will be many more Deaths if they are published.

The Corrections Minister  is just a bit off whack when he says its under control, and I truly think that the high Infection rate is the reason that no Prisoners have been released yet to ease the pressure.

 

 

[wensiensheng]

4 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

16,700 Inmates, is about 5% ( give or take ) of the total Prison population in Thailand.

If the total 320,000 had been tested then we would have a 5 % Infection rate within the Prisons. however only a small number in comparison to the total number of inmates nationwide have been tested.

This would suggest that the Infection rates within the Prison System are really high, but without the data on how many tests have been performed across the whole Prison System so far, we can only guess at the Infection rates.

I would not be surprised if the Infection rates were close to 30 % of the Inmates, and it is a fact there will be many more Deaths if they are published.

The Corrections Minister  is just a bit off whack when he says its under control, and I truly think that the high Infection rate is the reason that no Prisoners have been released yet to ease the pressure.

 

 

30% may be a vast under estimation. Thonburi today said it’s is 93% and we have seen other very high percentages from other prisons

Edited May 26, 2021 by wensiensheng

[Bkk Brian]

3 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

16,700 Inmates, is about 5% ( give or take ) of the total Prison population in Thailand.

If the total 320,000 had been tested then we would have a 5 % Infection rate within the Prisons. however only a small number in comparison to the total number of inmates nationwide have been tested.

This would suggest that the Infection rates within the Prison System are really high, but without the data on how many tests have been performed across the whole Prison System so far, we can only guess at the Infection rates.

I would not be surprised if the Infection rates were close to 30 % of the Inmates, and it is a fact there will be many more Deaths if they are published.

The Corrections Minister  is just a bit off whack when he says its under control, and I truly think that the high Infection rate is the reason that no Prisoners have been released yet to ease the pressure.

 

 

They are certainly high in some individual prisons (posted earlier): Thonburi Remand Prison (487) where 93.31% of inmates are infected 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

14 minutes ago, blackcab said:

 

It should be 84th, as Thailand's number (137,894) is greater than South Korea's number (137,682).

 

I'm sure that will get fixed tomorrow.

 

Interesting comparison..... Thailand with a population of about 70 million has now passed South Korea with a population of about 51 million in total COVID cases.  But S.K. has had more than twice the number of COVID deaths.

 

This chart below is a day or two behind:

 

 

Edited May 26, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[overt2016]

In Australia some states are going into lockdown as the are tracing 4 or 5 cases.

Lucky for us our Covid czar deems that is not needed as we only have 3 or 4000 a day.

[placeholder]

7 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Thailand's record daily COVID death toll of 41 reported Wednesday broke the prior high that had been 35 deaths reported on May 18, and then 34 deaths on May 12.

 

The news came despite Thailand recently reporting current numbers of COVID patients hospitalized in critical condition (about 1,200) and the share of those on ventilators (about 400) declining somewhat from highs set earlier in the month.

 

The deaths report also dulled otherwise good news that the country's latest number of daily COVID cases in the general population excluding prison cases, 1,976 reported Wednesday, was the country's lowest number in a week and down from the comparable 2,344 cases reported Tuesday.

 

Such upward and downward swings in COVID case reporting have been commonplace in Thailand for reasons that aren't clear. Though Wednesday's general population cases number of 1,976 was the country's first below 2,000 since 1,965 cases reported May 20.

 

When adding in reported new prison cases, Thailand's total daily new COVID case counts now have been above 3,000 for four of the past seven days. And the number of prisons cases is likely to spike again tomorrow, as corrections officials last night reported a large tally of new cases not yet included in today's national report.

 

Prior to Wednesday's report, Thailand's daily tally of total new COVID cases had been regularly bouncing in a range between above 2,600 and below 3,500 for the past week, as shown below, with the blue bars showing self-referred cases, the yellow bars cases found thru outreach testing and the gray prison cases.

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/332785071673157

 

 

The thing is, number of deaths is a lagging indicator. The figure I've seen used is that it's reflective of what conditions were 3 weeks ago more or less. The numbers do show a sharp increase not so long ago but that is at last partially a statistical artefact due to the failure to count cases in prisons.  

[dinsdale]

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

BREAKING: Department of Corrections are reporting 1,243 new cases today and three more deaths. This brings the total so far to 19,753 infections and six deaths. Most new cases today were at Thonburi Remand Prison (487) where 93.31% of inmates are infected #Thailand

 

 

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1397454577905987584

 

Interesting. Here is my earlier post.....

 

"Ok. So tomorrow the missing 1,291 since May 22nd will be announced."

[Cake Monster]

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

They are certainly high in some individual prisons (posted earlier): Thonburi Remand Prison (487) where 93.31% of inmates are infected 

Yes the Infections are high in certain Facilities at the moment.

But you also have to consider that they may be very low in others, so an average has to be considered.

I hope that its only 10 % across the whole Prison System but I doubt it very much, and without the numbers that have been tested we can only guess.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

6 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

Yes the Infections are high in certain Facilities at the moment.

But you also have to consider that they may be very low in others, so an average has to be considered.

I hope that its only 10 % across the whole Prison System but I doubt it very much, and without the numbers that have been tested we can only guess.

 

the Corrections graphic today says 5.5% overall of their total prison population is currently under COVID treatment... 17,138 out of 311,644 inmates... That's a lower number than the total of cases, because some of the total have already been listed as recovered.

 

[Bkk Brian]

Five new COVID-19 infection clusters have been discovered in Bangkok, bringing the total to 38 clusters across 30 districts, while new infections today (Wednesday) increased by 2,455, including 479 cases among inmates, according to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

 

Of all the clusters in the capital, 10 have been put under control. The number of infections in Bang Kapi market and its surrounding communities has increased to 438, with an additional 19 construction workers being found to be infected, according to Dr. Taweesin.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/five-new-covid-19-clusters-found-in-bangkok-as-daily-death-toll-reaches-41-wednesday/

[dinsdale]

2 minutes ago, overt2016 said:

In Australia some states are going into lockdown as the are tracing 4 or 5 cases.

Lucky for us our Covid czar deems that is not needed as we only have 3 or 4000 a day.

This is simply not true. There are as of this morning 15 cases in Victoria started by a person contracting Covid-19 in an Adelaide quarantene hotel then travelling to Victoria. There are no lockdowns as far as I know. There are some interstate travel restrictions for persons who have been to the hot spots in Melbourne. Yesterday there were 26,000 tests in Victoria. Melbourne has a population about 25% of BKK. 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

14 minutes ago, placeholder said:

The thing is, number of deaths is a lagging indicator. The figure I've seen used is that it's reflective of what conditions were 3 weeks ago more or less. The numbers do show a sharp increase not so long ago but that is at last partially a statistical artefact due to the failure to count cases in prisons.  

 

 

Here's a look at the recent trend, if you just focus on the blue and tan bars as non-prison cases:

 

 

Total cases excluding prisons:

 

May 26 -- 1976

...

May 20 -- 1965

May 19 -- 1896

May 18 -- 1793

 

Today's non prison number was back to where we were about a week ago, and lower than the five days inbetween.

 

 

[Rimmer]

An inflammatory personal attack has been removed

[dinsdale]

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

 

#COVID19 UPDATE FOR THAI PRISONS:

18 May: 1,408

19 May: 1,117

20 May: 999

21 May: 842

22 May: 523

23 May: 499

24 May: 628 + 1 death

25 May: 1,429 + 1 death

26 May: 1,429 + 3 deaths

 

TOTAL: 19,753 cases and 6 deaths #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1397464314815025155

 

 

From yesterday 25 May

● 2,344 new infections
● 882 prison / prison infections

Apart from that yesterday and today are the same. Mmmmm?

 

 

[anchadian]

Phang Nga man dies after Phuket Sinovac vaccination injection

 

PHUKET: A 43-year-old man from Phang Nga has died after suffering chest pains and a heart attack on Monday night after receiving his first Sinovac COVID-19 vaccination injection at Phuket airport on Sunday (May 23).

 

More:

https://www.thephuketnews.com/phang-nga-man-dies-after-phuket-sinovac-vaccination-injection-80121.php

 

Edited May 26, 2021 by anchadian

[Excel]

5 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Five new COVID-19 clusters found in Bangkok, as daily death toll reaches 41 Wednesday

 

Of the 41 deaths today, 25 are men and 16 women. There were 16 in Bangkok, 7 in Samut Prakan, 3 in Nonthaburi, 2 each in Chonburi and Pathum Thani, and 1 each in Sing Buri, Sukhothai, Udon Thani, Narathiwat, Loei, Sakhon Nakhon, Nakhon Sawan, Prachin Buri, Trat, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Samut Sakhon.

 

Of all the deaths, 27 had high blood pressure, 24 had diabetes, 14 had high cholesterol, 10 had chronic kidney problems, 7 had heart problems, 4 had chronic lung diseases and others were obese, had liver problems or a stroke.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/five-new-covid-19-clusters-found-in-bangkok-as-daily-death-toll-reaches-41-wednesday/

 

That does not tell us too much really, rather perhaps more of a spin for people to  assume that everyone of the deceased had other health problems. It could well be that the 27 with high blood pressure  all had the other symptoms too, leaving 14 people who died with no underlying symptoms (other than covid). Very and possibly purposely undefinable reporting perhaps.

[Neal182]

I would be interested in knowing the number of prisons that have at least one case. If there is one then..well.