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Thailand on Monday (June 7) reported 2,419 new COVID-19 cases and 33 additional deaths.

 

● 2,328 new infections

● 91 prison / prison infections

 

Monday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 179,886 with 1,269 deaths.

 

The news comes as Thailand is set to begin its massive vaccination drive on Monday despite reported setbacks in production and distribution, the government has said through its official channels.

 

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Prison reporting seems to be done daily now instead of a massive numbers dump.  Must have been a shock to the system when they reported the mass a few weeks back that skyrocketed numbers.

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 5th June only) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/thailand

 

This is a virus that srpeads rapidly and easily. There are clusters and new clusters and yet more new clusters but the numbers are virtually the same everyday. Makes me wonder. Reported deaths back up into 30's so the 1000 deaths this month still on track.

Steady as she goes Capt.

4 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

This is a virus that srpeads rapidly and easily. There are clusters and new clusters and yet more new clusters but the numbers are virtually the same everyday. Makes me wonder. Reported deaths back up into 30's so the 1000 deaths this month still on track.

Makes us all wonder I think. Especially when we are still getting reports of people having to wait days for test and dying a dew days later. There have been a few of them in the last few weeks and those are only the ones that the press have picked up. How many more go unreported daily of people having to wait for tests for days. Testing is a big problem.

Just now, Bkk Brian said:

Makes us all wonder I think. Especially when we are still getting reports of people having to wait days for test and dying a dew days later. There have been a few of them in the last few weeks and those are only the ones that the press have picked up. How many more go unreported daily of people having to wait for tests for days. Testing is a big problem.

I also wonder about the death numbers. 

Asking around over the last few days I have discovered I do not know anyone who has actually been tested. While my social network might not be huge, I would have thought someone would have had one. Does make you wonder how many cases we would be getting if they were running ten or twenty times more than they are.

I note that several suggested that they may have had Covid already, having experienced symptoms at some point since it arrived last year.

Someone needs to give this LP a nudge.

10 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

I also wonder about the death numbers. 

Do you wonder they are too high or low then? Are there an inordinate number of cremations at your local temple for example.Do you see social media activity showing such? I live beside a temple and certainly do not witness  any such thing..

1 minute ago, Olmate said:

Do you wonder they are too high or low then? Are there an inordinate number of cremations at your local temple for example.Do you see social media activity showing such? I live beside a temple and certainly do not witness  any such thing..

Your anecdotal evidence or lack thereof has completely reassured me about the situation in Thailand.

 

Thank you for sharing, otherwise we would never have known. 

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Available group: People aged 60 + years old, people living with any underlying diseases following;

 

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https://thailandintervac.com

18 minutes ago, Victornoir said:

The somewhat optimistic impression that Thailand will succeed in containing Covid until the relay of vaccine protection.

 

I think the pandemic is all about perception now. Hopefully the next 6 months can see good numbers in the mass vaccination in Thailand but the US for example 5 times as big still has 20,000 cases per day and around 550 deaths 7 day average. Around 50 percent full vaccination and 62 percent at least one dose.  Above that we hit the resistance refuseniks which is unfortunate  but any sense of emergency is over. 

 

Covid cannot be really contained maybe for decades, only managed. Until that translates to Asias countries look forward to largely closed borders.

We are into second month of heavy restrictions and numbers are not going down. You would think someone would realise something needs to change ?

#Chonburi province announces 53 new, confirmed cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus this morning, vaccine registration for foreigners.

 

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/06/07/chonburi-province-announces-53-new-confirmed-cases-of-the-covid-19-coronavirus-this-morning-vaccine-registration-for-foreigners/

 

BREAKING: 33 deaths and 2,419 cases (* 91 from prisons) on Monday. Full update at 12:30pm.

 

2 June: 3,440 - 38 dead

3 June: 3,886 - 39 dead

4 June: 2,631 - 31 dead

5 June: 2,817 - 36 dead

6 June: 2,671 - 23 dead

7 June: 2,419 - 33 dead <— TODAY

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1401707169611796481

 

39 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Rolling 7 day average (up to 5th June only) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/thailand

 

Based on past track record, tomorrow should be “spike day”. Interesting to see if that is the case or not.

9 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Available group: People aged 60 + years old, people living with any underlying diseases following;

Available group: People aged 60 + years old, people living with any underlying diseases following;

 

Severe Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRDs)

Coronary artery disease (CAD)

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) (5th stage)

Stroke

Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy

Diabetes

Obesity (weight > 100 kg or BMI > 35 kg/m²)

 

 

https://thailandintervac.com

The information in that link just demonstrates the mess that Thailand’s vaccine program is in.

 

4 vaccines listed, only 2 marked as available, except we know that in many cases even those two are not in fact available. To be fair it lists a few Bangkok hospitals which may have some vaccine, but almost certainly they will run out on day 1 or 2.

 

and then the registration system is being updated, so you can’t make an appointment, so register after 3pm.

 

and they had 3 months to prepare for this fiasco. SMH.

7 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

Based on past track record, tomorrow should be “spike day”. Interesting to see if that is the case or not.

If there is a spike tomorrow, it will definitely have something to do with a weekend backlog. Maybe the labs don’t process weekend samples until Monday.

 

That won’t stop some people from claiming that an artifact of the work schedule is instead a sure sign of a coming apocalypse.

1 minute ago, Danderman123 said:

If there is a spike tomorrow, it will definitely have something to do with a weekend backlog. Maybe the labs don’t process weekend samples until Monday.

Yes, that’s the generally agreed upon reason for the spikes. If it happens again tomorrow, then the situation is continuing to deteriorate somewhat. 

19 minutes ago, Olmate said:

Do you wonder they are too high or low then? Are there an inordinate number of cremations at your local temple for example.Do you see social media activity showing such? I live beside a temple and certainly do not witness  any such thing..

There are cremations at my local temple located in a province adjacent to BKK of bodies coming from BKK in biosecure ambulances. The Monks performing the service are in full PPE. Last wk there were 10 of these. This is just one temple.

13 minutes ago, anchadian said:

#Chonburi province announces 53 new, confirmed cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus this morning, vaccine registration for foreigners.

 

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/06/07/chonburi-province-announces-53-new-confirmed-cases-of-the-covid-19-coronavirus-this-morning-vaccine-registration-for-foreigners/

Chonburi cases show a slow decline, a daily random walk, with occasional punctuation as clusters in factories are discovered.

53 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Prison reporting seems to be done daily now instead of a massive numbers dump.  Must have been a shock to the system when they reported the mass a few weeks back that skyrocketed numbers.

 

I think they are only reporting those that need a hospital - the rest are already in quarantine so why bother testing them

 

same as they do with factories - turn them into quarantine centers and stop testing - why bother testing it will only increase the numbers

24 minutes ago, Olmate said:

Do you wonder they are too high or low then? Are there an inordinate number of cremations at your local temple for example.Do you see social media activity showing such? I live beside a temple and certainly do not witness  any such thing..

I'm pretty sure they know that you are watch the crematorium and rush them through when you're not watching.

19 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

 

I think the pandemic is all about perception now. Hopefully the next 6 months can see good numbers in the mass vaccination in Thailand but the US for example 5 times as big still has 20,000 cases per day and around 550 deaths 7 day average. Around 50 percent full vaccination and 62 percent at least one dose.  Above that we hit the resistance refuseniks which is unfortunate  but any sense of emergency is over. 

 

Covid cannot be really contained maybe for decades, only managed. Until that translates to Asias countries look forward to largely closed borders.

USA figures for yesterday were 6,408 new infections and 164 new deaths.

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20 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Your anecdotal evidence or lack thereof has completely reassured me about the situation in Thailand.

 

Thank you for sharing, otherwise we would never have known. 

There's a fair chance your not new to not knowingthen. I look out the window to see if its raining! 

With the threat of being dragged away to a Covid facility for 14 days............there is probably 10,000 people a day being infected but just staying at home and self isolating.

 

With the fear driven into people the actual tested will always be far lower than real cases.

 

Only in open and free societies with no stigma will you see proper reporting.

 

Trouble is for Thailand.......rather than a big wave and then finish.......with people hiding their illness and not getting tested.......it will just be a very long protracted wave........2000 to 3000 every day for a long long time............. as it spreads and spreads.................

It is very hard to get tested according to this article: 

 

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/therealpreneur.com/politics/after-lavish-nights-of-clubbing-in-bangkok-a-covid-outbreak/amp/

 

This particular lady waited in a queue for 4 days for a test and then tested positive and died a few days later.

53 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Especially when we are still getting reports of people having to wait days for test

 

Sorry, today we have already reached the set number of new infections allowed. Please return another day, but please come early, to avoid being over the allowed limit again.