With masks being so effective makes me wonder if anyone is wearing them or are they not so effective against airborne infection?

Of the 4,528 new cases that were found in the past 24 hours:

- 1,397 were found via tests at medical facilities

- 1,202 via proactive tests at known clusters

- 1,902 via tests at prisons

- 27 imported cases

- 24 fatalities

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1398875841962991626

 

Daily new COVID case counts for Thailand since the start of the current third wave outbreak at the beginning of April.

 

The blue bars below show self referred cases, the yellow bars cases found through outreach testing, and the gray bars show prison cases.

 

Sunday's totals for total cases, general population cases (blue and yellow combined) and prison cases all reached their fourth highest daily totals since the start of the pandemic in early 2020,

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106142991004034/335410914743906/?type=3

 

 

The 3rd wave had led to 125,444 cases and 918 deaths since April 1 with a mortality rate of 0.73%. There are 48,051 patients who are being treated at hospitals. Of that, 1,209 are in critical condition including 389 on ventilators.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1398876173929566212

 

Daily updated charts from the Ministry of Public Health showing how Thailand is faring versus world countries and its regional peer countries ranked by total COVID cases since the start of the pandemic. Thailand moved up one spot to rank 83rd in today's update for total COVID cases among more than 200 countries.

 

Note: the bottom of the first chart below has a typo for Thailand's total new cases reported on Sunday. The chart says 4,258, but the correct number as shown in the second chart below is 4,528.

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/thaimoph/posts/319266366349940

 

 

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Most (nearly 80 percent) of the new cases being reported lately in Thailand are coming from Bangkok and five adjoining provinces (often from factories and construction worker camp sites) while nearly 60 of Thailand's 77 provinces are reporting 10 or fewer new cases per day.

 

It seems that a large part of the country is shut down because they can't be bothered to lock down the Greater Bangkok area. When the problem is so clearly focused in one area, surely it makes sense to isolate that area and let the rest of the country get back to normal as soon as it can. As things stand, even if Chonburi and Prachuap had zero cases for a few weeks, they'd still be forced to keep their entertainment businesses closed for fear of an exodus of (possibly infected) Bangkokians.

Of the 2,599 local cases (excluding the cases in prisons and imported cases), the highest numbers by province were 754 in Bangkok followed by 754 in Phetchaburi, 264 in Samut Prakan, 139 in Nonthaburi and 90 in Chonburi.

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1398877510885023747

 

Thailand's update Sunday for new COVID cases showed the outbreak spreading more into outlying provinces, with four provinces led by Bangkok reporting more than 100 new cases, and five other provinces reporting between 51 and 100 new cases, an increase from prior days.

 

At the other end of the spectrum, 56 of Thailand's 77 provinces reported 10 or fewer new cases, including 34 provinces with between one and 10 new cases, and 22 provinces reporting no new cases at all.

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/thaimoph/posts/31926998634957

 

 

 

Daily COVID update for Bangkok province, which reported 754 new cases and 14 new deaths. In total since April 1, Bangkok now has had 450 COVID deaths and 40,217 cases.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106142991004034/335410494743948/?type=3

 

Today there are 24 deaths in #Thailand:

11 males and 13 females

Median age is 71 (38-86 years)

Most deaths in Bangkok (14), Nonthaburi (3), Chonburi (2), plus 5 provinces with one each.

11 infected from family

3 had no underlying diseases

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1398877317640818689

 

Cannot cure inadequate testing or inept vaccine roll out but may be help for Thailand in the not too distant future? Looks promising and potentially more effective than certain spicy Thai food. As an aside, it was given approval in UAE today.

 

Thai https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/media/press-releases/gsk-and-vir-biotechnology-announce-sotrovimab-vir-7831-receives-emergency-use-authorization-from-the-us-fda/

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

All active case finding Bangkok positivity rates. 

30th May: 9.42%

29th May: 9.70%

28th May: 9.55%

27th May: 9.53%

26th May: 9.58% 

25th May: 8.96%

23rd May: 9.05%

22nd May: 9.08%

20th May: 7.21%

19th May: 7.04%

18th May: 6.98%

 

CFR: 

30th May: 1.12%

29th May: 1.10%

28th May:  1.08%  

 

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

All active case finding Bangkok positivity rates. 

30th May: 9.42%

29th May: 9.70%

28th May: 9.55%

27th May: 9.53%

26th May: 9.58% 

25th May: 8.96%

23rd May: 9.05%

22nd May: 9.08%

20th May: 7.21%

19th May: 7.04%

18th May: 6.98%

 

CFR: 

30th May: 1.12%

29th May: 1.10%

28th May:  1.08%  

 

so really everything low except perhaps in the prisons

1 minute ago, thasoss said:

so really everything low except perhaps in the prisons

Do you really think an active case finding mean average of over 9% is low?

3 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Are any daily testing figures available?

 

Specifically: location, number of tests, number of positives.

 

Saying there were no new cases in 29 provinces is cool, cooler if there were any tests performed.

All the fancy figures and graphs depend on who is doing the counting/testing. Is that data reliable? I don't think so somehow.

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

Do you really think an active case finding mean average of over 9% is low?

yes

2 minutes ago, thasoss said:

yes

 

The higher the percent positive is, the more concerning it is. As a rule of thumb, however, one threshold for the percent positive being “too high” is 5%.

 

https://www.jhsph.edu/covid-19/articles/covid-19-testing-understanding-the-percent-positive.html

Edited May 30, 20215 yr by Bkk Brian

5 hours ago, thasoss said:

yes

 

 To put this in context 9% of 70 million, current population, would mean there are 6,300,000 infections.  Try again

 

Edited May 30, 20215 yr by onthedarkside
flame comments removed

1 hour ago, rabas said:

The Thai variant is not 'in' Thailand, it was identified  at Suvarnabhumi from an Egyptian pilot. The UK has 100 or more cases.

 

Maybe Britain can re-export back to Thailand but country of origin is still China with Egyptian value added.

 

The Vietnam version sound scary.

If I could name mutations it would be e.g.W.M.B.1.1.7 W.M being Wuhan Mutation. 

these reports are getting shorter and shorter and less informative every day

Since the start of the #COVID19 pandemic in early 2020, a total of 1,012 people have died in #Thailand. This means that 0.66% of the 154,307 who were infected have died. For the third wave which started around 1st April 2021, 918 of the 125,444 patients have died which is 0.73%.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1398886490474651652

 

Aiming to deal with the proliferation of COVID cases among hundreds of construction worker camp sites around Bangkok, the government on Sunday announced a new plan of increased site inspections and COVID testing of workers set to start on Tuesday.

 

Government spokesman Natapanu Nopakun said authorities aim to conduct health and safety inspections on up to 30 large construction worker camp sites in Bangkok between June 1 to 10 as a start. The inspections will check for the sites' compliance with COVID prevention measures and conduct rapid COVID tests of workers.

 

Government officials said Bangkok has more than 400 often large construction worker camp sites spread virtually throughout the entire province. And several of those already have emerged with large COVID outbreaks among often largely foreign national workers, including one site alone that had more than 1,000 positive cases.

 

3 hours ago, RobMuir said:

 

The numbers are nowhere near as high as what they saw in the UK, but that are still significant.

How do you know?

Daily province by province breakdown of new COVID cases as of Sunday, along with the comparison chart below of Saturday's cases.

 

Sunday, May 30:

 

 

 

Saturday, May 29

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158048696957050

 

 

Sunday's update of COVID vaccines given in Thailand: Total doses given thus far, followed by cumulative totals for first and second shot doses, along with the breakdown of which brand of vaccine has been used.

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/fanmoph/photos/a.769525979740426/6302922609734041/?type=3

 

10 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Aiming to deal with the proliferation of COVID cases at hundreds of construction worker camp sites around Bangkok, the government on Sunday announced a new plan of increased site inspections and COVID testing of workers set to start on Tuesday.

 

Government spokesman Natapanu Nopakun said authorities aim to conduct health and safety inspections on up to 30 large construction worker camp sites in Bangkok between June 1 to 10 as a start. The inspections will check for the sites' compliance with COVID prevention measures and conduct rapid COVID tests of workers.

 

Government officials said Bangkok has more than 400 often large construction worker camp sites spread virtually throughout the entire province. And several of those already have emerged with large COVID outbreaks among often largely foreign national workers, including one site alone that had more than 1,000 positive cases.

 

Any info on how their close contact tracing is going as it doesn't seem to get mentioned anymore?In Oz the tell the close contacts to self isolated until they get their results, are they testing all the close contacts?

2 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

The precious vaccine resources being used to try and achieve some kind of herd immunity in Phuket, so that the island can gain some financial benefit from imaginary tourists,

Imaginary is the right word. Even if people wanted to come, no outside government is going to allow its citizens to vacation into a pandemic and then waltz home again.

2 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

You mean UK including scotland ???? That'll  go down well I'm  sure.

RobMuir grabs any opportunity to do England down. 

Bigger numbers is not good . for those who they claim are fully recovered i only hope they do not get long term effects as many report about long covid.Get those vaccines going guys   

29 provinces with no new infections - this statement means no new infections 'reported'

 

How many tests were carried out and therefore showing 100% negative? - that would be the good news!