Thailand reports 4,059 new COVID-19 cases, 35 more deaths

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Thailand on Tuesday (June 22) reported 4,059 new COVID-19 cases and 35 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 


● 3,984 new infections
● 75 prison / prison infections

 


Tuesday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 225,365 with 1,693 deaths.
(Total infections since April 1: 196,502)
 
The news comes as French nationals in Thailand who are aged over 55 will be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine free of charge via the French Embassy in Bangkok.

 

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[DrJack54]

Whoops. 

Does this mean sandbox pushed back.

Edited June 22, 2021 by DrJack54

[FarFlungFalang]

Must be time to open up and ease the restrictions now that we on top of the situation. 

[ThailandRyan]

And the new numbers are very disturbing, just a tad under 4k for the general population, add in the 35 deaths, and it is looking like the increase as many of us expected due to the new Delta variant is kicking in.  Be safe folks.  Waiting to see the hospitalized numbers, those in serious condition and how many are on ventilators.  This government needs to be removed and someone needs to kick the Czar in his nutt sack as well as Anutin.  Add in the fact that they are now opening everything up in Phuket to include bars and the selling of Alcohol, which they have critized for spreading the virus, and well......ugh

[dinsdale]

Almost 4,000. To those who think the numbers hasven't gone through the roof it seems you may have to reconsider your view. This will bump thailand up to 76 on the Covid chart. Again I think there should be a breakdown of what strains and % of infections.

Edited June 22, 2021 by dinsdale

[ThailandRyan]

5 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Whoops. 

Does this mean sandbox pushed back.

Just the opposite.  Read an article this morning where the bars and all venues will be open in Phuket in order to entice the tourists in.  Bars etc.....

[Danderman123]

This may be an artifact.

 

There is sometimes a spike for Tuesday’s numbers due to pileups of lab tests over the weekend. There is a good chance that tomorrow’s numbers will be significantly lower.

[wasabi]

Too bad Thailand isn't on the list. At least by staying out of Covax no one's feelings were hurt which matters more than the economy or any number of other deleterious effects of a runaway pandemic. The US is not sending any AZ vax due to "technical errors" maybe US is saving a bit of face too.

 

Biden drops AstraZeneca vaccine from latest donation - POLITICO

 

Edited June 22, 2021 by wasabi

[phills2k1]

I tried for a good 5 minutes to come up with a post that wouldn't be rejected for language and just couldn't succeed

[Bkk Brian]

Its here and now completely out of control, any hopes of salvaging the tourism sector this year for international arrivals is dead in the water. Thailand the hub of variants. Alpha, Beta, Delta and no doubt some original thrown in the mix. What a mess.

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 20th June only) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases.

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

 

[Bkk Brian]

1 minute ago, Danderman123 said:

This may be an artifact.

 

There is sometimes a spike for Tuesday’s numbers due to pileups of lab tests over the weekend. There is a good chance that tomorrow’s numbers will be significantly lower.

If this is a new peak and does not rise tomorrow then by definition the numbers will be lower tomorrow, the question is for how long will it remain that way.

[ThailandRyan]

2 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

This may be an artifact.

 

There is sometimes a spike for Tuesday’s numbers due to pileups of lab tests over the weekend. There is a good chance that tomorrow’s numbers will be significantly lower.

Artifact....hmmm lets think about that one....Nope, the numbers spiked even on Saturday and Sunday.  Try again, this is definitely the Delta Variant rearing it's head and cases expanding therein.  Before you say its just from new found clusters, a cluster is still comprised of Covid that got to that location somewhow.  Now back to the real story at hand....almost 4k today and the cases keep on arriving.

[Susco]

2 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

This may be an artifact.

 

There is sometimes a spike for Tuesday’s numbers due to pileups of lab tests over the weekend. There is a good chance that tomorrow’s numbers will be significantly lower.

 

The only thing wrong with your logic is that there was no significant drop in the weekend figures, compared with previous days, but today we have almost double the average

[Rampant Rabbit]

upu and awaaaaaaaaaaaay in my beautiful.............

[Rampant Rabbit]

14 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Whoops. 

Does this mean sandbox pushed back.

Buried

[Bkk Brian]

Chonburi 335!

 

"The situation in Chonburi went from really good to really bad in just one week. Today they are reporting a new record high due to a cluster at Talad Mai market in the city. It shows you how quickly it could go wrong for Phuket. If they get a cluster, say goodbye to #PhuketSandbox"

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1407133408199798789

 

[Danderman123]

1 minute ago, Susco said:

 

The only thing wrong with your logic is that there was no significant drop in the weekend figures, compared with previous days, but today we have almost double the average

We’ll see if there is a significant drop tomorrow. 
 

if not, if the numbers are the same or higher tomorrow, then Thailand is hosed.   But it’s much more likely this is an artifact, and the numbers will drop tomorrow.

 

The problem is the underlying slow rise in cases.

 

[Danderman123]

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Chonburi 335!

 

"The situation in Chonburi went from really good to really bad in just one week. Today they are reporting a new record high due to a cluster at Talad Mai market in the city. It shows you how quickly it could go wrong for Phuket. If they get a cluster, say goodbye to #PhuketSandbox"

 

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1407133408199798789

 

It’s mostly up north in Chonburi city and the factories near Bangkok.

 

7 cases in Pattaya.

[tomazbodner]

18 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

And the new numbers are very disturbing, just a tad under 4k for the general population, add in the 35 deaths, and it is looking like the increase as many of us expected due to the new Delta variant is kicking in.  Be safe folks.  Waiting to see the hospitalized numbers, those in serious condition and how many are on ventilators.  This government needs to be removed and someone needs to kick the Czar in his nutt sack as well as Anutin.  Add in the fact that they are now opening everything up in Phuket to include bars and the selling of Alcohol, which they have critized for spreading the virus, and well......ugh

Who cares about Delta variant. This is far more worrying:

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/28808/beta-variant-cluster-spreads-to-12-provinces/

 

From that article:

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The Poryani cluster, as it has been called by local news, has led to 111 cases in Narathiwat followed by 102 cases in Yala, 46 cases in Satun, 46 cases in Pattani, 36 cases in Songkhla, 18 in Krabi, 13 in Phatthalung and 10 in Nakhon Si Thammarat, nine in Surat Thani, five in Phang Nga and three each in Trang and Phuket, the CCSA said.

 

In terms of vaccine effectiveness against the Beta variant, Dr Supakit said the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is becoming Thailand’s main vaccine, has only a 10.4-per-cent chance to protect against infection from the Beta variant and it cannot prevent severe symptoms.

 

A study also showed that the level of protection offered by the Sinovac vaccine, another main vaccine in the country, dropped by 70 per cent against the Beta variant, he added.

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Admittedly only one case detected in Phuket, but that's detected, right? How many are silently spreading it and not detected? It will be the end of tourism for Thailand if tourists come, fully vaccinated, only to be infected by variant for which their vaccines are near completely useless.

Edited June 22, 2021 by tomazbodner
added dividers to show where quote from article ends

[dinsdale]

9 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

This may be an artifact.

 

There is sometimes a spike for Tuesday’s numbers due to pileups of lab tests over the weekend. There is a good chance that tomorrow’s numbers will be significantly lower.

>3000 for the last 2 days and today 4000. 10,000 in 3 days. I call this a trend not a spike.

[FarFlungFalang]

19 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Whoops. 

Does this mean sandbox pushed back.

If this keeps up it's going to flip flops in the sandbox and we know how messy that will get.

[Susco]

2 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

We’ll see if there is a significant drop tomorrow. 
 

if not, if the numbers are the same or higher tomorrow, then Thailand is hosed.   But it’s much more likely this is an artifact, and the numbers will drop tomorrow.

 

The problem is the underlying slow rise in cases.

 

 

It looks as if the numbers increased everywhere, as Chonburi also doubled from one day to the other.

 

maybe someone got over active and instructed to perform more tests.

 

He will be transferred to an inactive post tomorrow

[Macrohistory]

11 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

This may be an artifact.

 

There is sometimes a spike for Tuesday’s numbers due to pileups of lab tests over the weekend. There is a good chance that tomorrow’s numbers will be significantly lower.

 

 

Exactly zero evidence to support that statement in the data.

 

[ICELANDMAN]

2 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

Who cares about Delta variant. This is far more worrying:

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/28808/beta-variant-cluster-spreads-to-12-provinces/

 

From that article:

 

The Poryani cluster, as it has been called by local news, has led to 111 cases in Narathiwat followed by 102 cases in Yala, 46 cases in Satun, 46 cases in Pattani, 36 cases in Songkhla, 18 in Krabi, 13 in Phatthalung and 10 in Nakhon Si Thammarat, nine in Surat Thani, five in Phang Nga and three each in Trang and Phuket, the CCSA said.

 

In terms of vaccine effectiveness against the Beta variant, Dr Supakit said the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is becoming Thailand’s main vaccine, has only a 10.4-per-cent chance to protect against infection from the Beta variant and it cannot prevent severe symptoms.

 

A study also showed that the level of protection offered by the Sinovac vaccine, another main vaccine in the country, dropped by 70 per cent against the Beta variant, he added.

 

Admittedly only one case detected in Phuket, but that's detected, right? How many are silently spreading it and not detected? It will be the end of tourism for Thailand if tourists come, fully vaccinated, only to be infected by variant for which their vaccines are near completely useless.

 

In other words, vaccines are no longer useful, better put your head in the sandbox, and wait maybe we are lucky.

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

COVID19 UPDATE on TUESDAY: 35 deaths and 4,059 cases (75 from prisons).

 

17 June: 3,129 - 30 dead

18 June: 3,058 - 22 dead

19 June: 3,667 - 32 dead

20 June: 3,682 - 20 dead

21 June: 3,175 - 29 dead

22 June: 4,059 - 35 dead <— TODAY

 

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1407140853139738626

[Danderman123]

6 minutes ago, Macrohistory said:

 

 

Exactly zero evidence to support that statement in the data.

There have been a series of spikes in cases right after a weekend.

 

The attached chart is what is known as “evidence” of those artifacts.

[tomazbodner]

6 minutes ago, ICELANDMAN said:

 

In other words, vaccines are no longer useful, better put your head in the sandbox, and wait maybe we are lucky.

 

 

your words, not mine

[Danderman123]

10 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

>3000 for the last 2 days and today 4000. 10,000 in 3 days. I call this a trend not a spike.

I agree that the underlying trend is not good. My only issue is whether today’s numbers are an artifact, or whether 4,000 cases is going to be the new normal.

[FarFlungFalang]

8 minutes ago, Susco said:

 

It looks as if the numbers increased everywhere, as Chonburi also doubled from one day to the other.

 

maybe someone got over active and instructed to perform more tests.

 

He will be transferred to an inactive post tomorrow

What would be really worrying is if testing has declined.We can't tell because the testing data doesn't get updated very often, the last update on our world in data was on the 12th this month.

[rabas]

Welcome the Indian_delta variant?  Its percentage can only go up. 

 

Edited June 22, 2021 by rabas