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Thailand on Monday (July 5) reported 6,166 new COVID-19 cases and 50 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

● 6,082 new infections

 

● 84 prison / prison infections

 

Monday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 289,233 with 2,276 deaths.

 

(Total infections since April 1: 260,370)

 

The news comes as Chulabhorn Royal Academy Secretary-General, Professor Dr. Nithi Mahanonda, has proposed a reprioritisation of Thailand’s strategies to cope with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is rapidly spreading “far and wide” to the point that “we do not know who are infected among the people around us.”

 

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#COVID19 UPDATE on MONDAY:

 

6,166 cases & 50 deaths (84 cases from prisons). Full details at 12:30pm #Thailand

 

30 June: 4,786 - 53 dead

1 July: 5,533 - 57 dead

2 July: 6,087 - 61 dead

3 July: 6,230 - 41 dead

4 July: 5,916 - 44 dead

5 July: 6,166 - 50 dead <— TODAY

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1411852349610463234

 

We are off and running with the 6k mark looking like support at the moment. 

In the 6k+. This was warned about back in early April, this spread is now completely out of control, very worrying for all who live here in Thailand

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 3rd July only) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases.

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

 

 

Just now, Bkk Brian said:

 

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Seems around 6000 is the new normal, deaths higher too. I wonder if the deniers are now slowly starting to see things differently.

 

Lets hope that it stays around these numbers, though i think it might go up still. Especially with the delta variant. Deaths will be higher for sure as hospitals are already overflowing. There are stories of people on the streets waiting for beds. So all in all this level of infections is too high to cope with for a longer period.

 

 

 

Chonburi Public Health Office has just announced they have 279 new cases. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (24), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (102), and Si Racha (53). The total cases so far is now 9,757 with 3,665 remaining in care #Thailand

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1411841155113705472

 

Since the vaccines are very effective at prevent deaths I would assume the 253 people that have died since the Phuket Sandbox has opened have not been vaccinated.

With recent comments on testing, does that mean that the daily reported positives will be consistently around the 6000 mark? 

Meaning not accurate indicator of what the real numbers are? 

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

which is rapidly spreading “far and wide” to the point that “we do not know who are infected among the people around us.”

Pretty much sums it up. 

10 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Since the vaccines are very effective at prevent deaths I would assume the 253 people that have died since the Phuket Sandbox has opened have not been vaccinated.

Pretty much sums it up. 

Would not be an outrageous call to say that the government has blood on its hands.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing however Blind Freddie could have seen issues with vaccine supply LONG time back.

The sky seems to be the limit.  Remember these are also weekend numbers, which for the past two weeks has not meant much as the numbers continued to climb even through the weekends.  Deaths unfortunately may continue to climb as we move forward due to the increased cases and seriousness of the new variant sweeping through.  Many more anecdotal stories on social media of people dyeing at home while awaiting a bed, and many more pictures on social media of people sitting around outside of hospitals waiting to get in and trying to stay away from other family members.  

5 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Since the vaccines are very effective at prevent deaths I would assume the 253 people that have died since the Phuket Sandbox has opened have not been vaccinated.

Even if vaccinated then it takes time to work and usually requires two shots. Thailand counts someone vaccinated once the first jab has been done. That is not the true meaning of being vaccinated. 

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

The news comes as Chulabhorn Royal Academy Secretary-General, Professor Dr. Nithi Mahanonda, has proposed a reprioritisation of Thailand’s strategies to cope with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is rapidly spreading “far and wide” to the point that “we do not know who are infected among the people around us.”

There you have it, and what many of us have been saying for a very long time as they have no idea because they have either been to afraid to test or could not have cared anyway, I am leaning towards the latter.  Wonder if this statement and any others made by the academics and doctors will have any effect on the way this government moves forward in doing the right thing or if they look at it as some sort of population control to rid the country of what they perceive to be dead weight and chaff.

3 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

With recent comments on testing, does that mean that the daily reported positives will be consistently around the 6000 mark? 

Meaning not accurate indicator of what the real numbers are? 

If the positivity rate of 11% is correct then the number of tests can be calculated from the number of cases so 6000 case will equate to just under 55,000 tests.

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

The sky seems to be the limit.  Remember these are also weekend numbers, which for the past two weeks has not meant much as the numbers continued to climb even through the weekends.  Deaths unfortunately may continue to climb as we move forward due to the increased cases and seriousness of the new variant sweeping through.  Many more anecdotal stories on social media of people dyeing at home while awaiting a bed, and many more pictures on social media of people sitting around outside of hospitals waiting to get in and trying to stay away from other family members.  

Plus its been awfully silent from dear general and health minister Anutin. No we got it under control ect ect.

 

But what does he do open up construction sites again probably pressure from the big companies. Sickening how they don't look at risk but at connections.

 

Now eateries that is a big problem a lot were happy to open up bought new food and then the government did an U turn. The goverment should pay them in full for mistakes like this. Maybe then they would think twice about their plans if they were liable for some of the fallout. 

3 minutes ago, robblok said:

Even if vaccinated then it takes time to work and usually requires two shots. Thailand counts someone vaccinated once the first jab has been done. That is not the true meaning of being vaccinated. 

I wonder if the vaccination status of those dying is published anywhere?

3 minutes ago, robblok said:

Even if vaccinated then it takes time to work and usually requires two shots. Thailand counts someone vaccinated once the first jab has been done. That is not the true meaning of being vaccinated. 

Nearly 15 million people — or more than one in 10 of those eligible in the United States — have missed their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

People seem over confident with one shot I guess same is probably happening here add canceled due to lack of available vaccine.

13 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

With recent comments on testing, does that mean that the daily reported positives will be consistently around the 6000 mark? 

Meaning not accurate indicator of what the real numbers are? 

If there is a cap on testing (for what ever reason) an increase in case numbers obviously indicates a rise in the infection rate so it is possible to see the situation if we get  at least 2 of these bits of info.

7 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Nearly 15 million people — or more than one in 10 of those eligible in the United States — have missed their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

People seem over confident with one shot I guess same is probably happening here add canceled due to lack of available vaccine.

One shot does not work well with the new variant.  There is a tremendous push here to get both doses and so far it's working well.  

 

You haven't even seen the effects in the hospitals from 6k per day.  Again, it will take 2 weeks to see it.  

 

Safe to say that the health care system in Thailand is going to crash in that you won't be getting much medical assistance for a while.  

Southeast Asia reported 49,404 new cases on Sunday, lower than Saturday’s 50,501, but deaths were higher at 809, compared to 707 the previous day. #Asean #COVID19 #TheNationThailand

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40002828

10 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

I wonder if the vaccination status of those dying is published anywhere?

The health workers and doctors on the frontline are the ones in danger from this as we saw from Indonesia.

 

In related news:

 

Leaked govt doc: meeting took place & decision made 2 not give 1st batch of Pfizer 2 frontline medics needing boost aft 2 doses of Sinovac. Decision 2 avoid undermining trust in Sinovac. What can govt do? 1) apologise 2) Keep BSing 3) Say it's fake

 

https://twitter.com/PravitR/status/1411845225245405185

 

The article for this is in Thai but Google translate works

https://www.matichonweekly.com/hot-news/article_440772

 

24 minutes ago, robblok said:

Seems around 6000 is the new normal, deaths higher too. I wonder if the deniers are now slowly starting to see things differently.

 

Lets hope that it stays around these numbers, though i think it might go up still. Especially with the delta variant. Deaths will be higher for sure as hospitals are already overflowing. There are stories of people on the streets waiting for beds. So all in all this level of infections is too high to cope with for a longer period.

 

 

I think the Deniers have all deserted this forum. 

 

It looks like 6,000 is the hard cap for new infections, due to limits on hospitals admitting new patients and test kits. Perhaps if new hospitals are constructed, the number of cases will rise. 

3 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

If there is a cap on testing (for what ever reason) an increase in case numbers obviously indicates a rise in the infection rate so it is possible to see the situation if we get  at least 2 of these bits of info.

Someone that's completely across it can advise.

My impression is that they will continue to actively test but only in affected areas. (Clusters). 

General testing (I think) has been put on slow burn.

Obviously walk-in cases will be tested but only to certain level. Perhaps if no beds available then sent away no test.

Can someone clear up my misunderstanding of current situation.

1 minute ago, Danderman123 said:

I think the Deniers have all deserted this forum. 

 

It looks like 6,000 is the hard cap for new infections, due to limits on hospitals admitting new patients and test kits. Perhaps if new hospitals are constructed, the number of cases will rise. 

I'm happy to be your huckleberry.  

It's just a flu.  A very typical mid summer flu.  They happen every year.  This isn't a pandemic.

Excuse me, I need more alcohol to continue on.  A lot more.  

17 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

If the positivity rate of 11% is correct then the number of tests can be calculated from the number of cases so 6000 case will equate to just under 55,000 tests.

Except that the 11% positivity rate is only for testing outside of hospitals, so it is more like 11% of 20,000 tests. 

Pattaya having been full of Bangkok plated cars over the weekend, no surprise that the Chonburi and Banglamung numbers are sky high.

Stopping movement out of high case load areas really should be a no brainer.

28 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Pretty much sums it up. 

point that “we do not know who are infected among the people around us.”

 

 When Did we ever know who are the infected among us?

2 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

Except that the 11% positivity rate is only for testing outside of hospitals, so it is more like 11% of 20,000 tests. 

Yes thats true, the 11%+ figure quoted does not include the hospital walk ins, the positivity figure for that will obviously be far higher as most who want testing have either been to a high risk area or have symptoms

Just now, wensiensheng said:

point that “we do not know who are infected among the people around us.”

 

 When Did we ever know who are the infected among us?

It's incredible that we need to constantly re-iterate why we wear masks, why vaccines work, why you can get sick even after being vaccinated, etc. etc etc.  I still hear people freaking out because people are on planes who test positive despite testing negative pre flight.  We are literally 1.5 years into the pandemic.

 

Should there perhaps be a pre test to any message board so everyone is on the same page?