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Thailand on Thursday (July 8 ) reported 7,058 new COVID-19 cases and 75 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

● 6,990 new infections

● 68 prison / prison infections

 

Thursday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 308,230 with 2,462 deaths.

 

(Total infections since April 1: 279,367)

 

The news comes as New COVID-19 infections could surge to 10,000 a day next week, almost doubling this week’s daily figures as more Delta variant cases have been found, according to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

 

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Wow but no surprise. Lockdown on its way.

Thailand’s COVID pandemic set new records for the second straight day on Thursday, surpassing 7,000 new cases (7,058) in the day for the first time, and setting a new record for daily deaths at 75.

 

The news came just a day after government officials warned Thailand’s daily count of new COVID cases could reach 10,000 in the coming days as the infections spread more widely throughout the country and the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus becomes more prevalent.

 

Thursday’s grim results blew past Thailand’s prior records for daily new COVID cases and new deaths. The prior record for new cases had been set just the day before at 6,519, while the prior high for daily deaths had been 61 set on July 2.

 

The 7,058 new cases reported Thursday – a record high 6,990 in the general population plus 68 reported among prisoners – means Thailand’s daily tally of new COVID cases has doubled from levels in the 3,000s from just two weeks ago.

 

The 7,058 new cases reported Thursday also far outstripped the nation's 4,978 new recoveries among COVID patients. That means the nation's number of COVID hospitalized patients also will set a new record when updated later today.

 

As of Wednesday, Thailand had a record 67,614 COVID positive cases in various kinds of hospital facilities, including a record 2,496 in critical condition, and 676 of those requiring ventilators to breathe.

 

Update:

 

In addition to new highs for daily COVID cases and deaths, Thailand also Thursday reported setting new record highs for total hospitalized COVID patients, COVID patients in critical condition and those requiring ventilators to breathe.

 

--Total COVID hospitalizations: 69,619 vs 67,614 yesterday.

 

--Hospitalized COVID patients in critical condition: 2,564 vs 2,496 yesterday.

 

--Share of critical COVID patients requiring ventilators to breathe: 698 vs 676 yesterday.

 

I'd say that rumored lockdown will now become a certainty. Deaths filtering through from these high positive case counts and 3 digit death daily on the horizon. Measures not working, not enough beds, nurses or doctors, not enough vaccines, not enough firm action spells disaster.

 

With the zero forward thinking and planning now reaping the consequences, those in charge need to take stock and come up with an effective plan that is communicated to the people so there at least there can be a little hope and faith that they are actively going to take some form of control via the measures they impose.

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 6th July only) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases.

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

If this does not get them moving forward with provincial lockdowns and no travel, I do not know what to say.  I feel bad for those who have traveled to the sandbox for a vacation which could have included travel elsewhere in Thailand, but why travel internationally especially to a country where the cases are continuing to stack up daily as well as deaths and the populace is barely even vaccinated.

 

My heart goes out to the families of those who have lost a loved one, and this government needs to accept full responsibility instead of passing the buck as they have created the fiasco we are now seeing by their poor attempt at handling this, but then so have other countries, yet we are just now entering the dark days.

No stopping the rise. New records in #Thailand again & again. 75 new deaths & 7,058 new infections reported over the past 24 hrs. 4,975 recovered, which means 2,083 additional infected people to care for.

 

https://twitter.com/PravitR/status/1412940395252621312

Before anyone calls this a spike it's not. This is shooting up fast. Maybe tomorrow will be less maybe more but the direction is up and up fast.

At least they're testing sick people this time round I guess..

BREAKING: NEW HIGH on THURSDAY: 7,058 cases & 75 deaths (68 cases from prisons).

4 July: 5,916 - 44 dead

5 July: 6,166 - 50 dead

6 July: 5,420 - 57 dead

7 July: 6,519 - 54 dead

8 July: 7,058 - 75 dead <— TODAY

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1412938435325616131

 

17 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Before anyone calls this a spike it's not. This is shooting up fast. Maybe tomorrow will be less maybe more but the direction is up and up fast.

It is starting to resemble the trajectory of a aircraft that has taken off from the airport and has now hit the button to become a space craft and hit the stratosphere.  Sad reality.  How come so many could see this unfolding except those in power.  If history from the other countries did not show them the potential for this here, what the hell were they looking at instead of their stock portfolios and overseas accounts.

 

The recovery from this will take a very long time, and I see more problems as people suffer both medically and financially.  

The question is how bad a lockdown is it going to be?

 

On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being 7/11s closed all day, what is going to be the severity?

Chonburi Public Health Office has just announced they have 290 new cases and two more deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (68), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (52), and Si Racha (53). The total cases so far is now 10,575 with 3,708 remaining in care #Thailand

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1412924171516977154

 

Wait until the Lambda variant hits….

2 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

The question is how bad a lockdown is it going to be?

 

On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being 7/11s closed all day, what is going to be the severity?

 

Do you mean how *good* a lockdown?  You have to think of it from the perspective of people who didn't have an opportunity to fly to the U.S. to get vaccinated.

  

 

I hope these people are successful in getting tested today, its a sad refection that those who are suffering or have a high risk of contracting the virus have to spend all night camping out to a center that does just 900 tests a day.

 

Hundreds of people wait in line nightly for COVID-19 testing at Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat in Bangkok. Some people started waiting at 7pm last night. Testing starts at 8.00am and the limit is 900 people per day

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1412931951451942912

 

Some official mentioned 10,000 (daily case count) by year's end.

 

Probably hit that on Saturday.

 

 

6 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Before anyone calls this a spike it's not. This is shooting up fast. Maybe tomorrow will be less maybe more but the direction is up and up fast.

"This is shooting up fast." That's not how you spell "exponentially".

14 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

those in charge need to take stock and come up with an effective plan

we are opening in 90 days - yippie

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa and permanent secretary Jatuporn Burutphat are presently undergoing self-quarantine after a passenger on their flight returning from Phuket tested positive for Covid-19

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40002971

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I hope these people are successful in getting tested today, its a sad refection that those who are suffering or have a high risk of contracting the virus have to spend all night camping out to a center that does just 900 tests a day.

 

Hundreds of people wait in line nightly for COVID-19 testing at Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat in Bangkok. Some people started waiting at 7pm last night. Testing starts at 8.00am and the limit is 900 people per day

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1412931951451942912

 

These are the bodies lining the streets people were asking about for proof of how bad it really was some time ago.Well here they are!Thankfully they are not dead.It's as sad  an indication of just how <deleted> this thing people call a "government" really is and how little they care for others.Is this how a "democratically elected" government should treat it's citizenry?It's absolutely appalling! 

23 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

I feel bad for those who have traveled to the sandbox

basically they are treating Phuket like a separate country

4 minutes ago, smedly said:

we are opening in 90 days - yippie

You don't mean the new Apple Store or a new Taco Bell? Tourism is the future....way in the future

 A lockdown should be a full lockdown. Schools also closed nationwide and no travel allowed to other provinces.And a curfew, because in my area there are still parties in the evening, which we know because of the boom boom boom, and the RTP doesn't do anything 

13 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Some official mentioned 10,000 (daily case count) by year's end.

 

Probably hit that on Saturday.

 

 

The CCSA (Clueless Careless Sadistic <deleted>) have amended that to "the coming days",or that might be "the end of days" I can't remember.

5 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa and permanent secretary Jatuporn Burutphat are presently undergoing self-quarantine after a passenger on their flight returning from Phuket tested positive for Covid-19

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40002971

Say it is not so, the Sandbox is safe, and as Anutin has said "What happens in the Sandbox stays in the sandbox", well I guess he was wrong again for like the millionth time, yes it is an exaggeration, but Jesus H Christ why the need to promote travel worldwide when your own country is catching fire and ready to explode like that plastics factory in Samut Prakan.

13 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I hope these people are successful in getting tested today, its a sad refection that those who are suffering or have a high risk of contracting the virus have to spend all night camping out to a center that does just 900 tests a day.

 

Hundreds of people wait in line nightly for COVID-19 testing at Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat in Bangkok. Some people started waiting at 7pm last night. Testing starts at 8.00am and the limit is 900 people per day

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1412931951451942912

 

That is grim

9 minutes ago, smedly said:

basically they are treating Phuket like a separate country

I know and it is really sad because cases are now being shown to have come from Phuket on flights out and now we have government ministers having to quarantine because of it.  Wonder what the true cases in Phuket actually are.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40002971

I don't want it, nobody wants it, but short of a serious lockdown, I do not see how these numbers are going to do anything other than continue to rise.

9 minutes ago, smedly said:

basically they are treating Phuket like a separate country

Come and play in the Puket Bucket, and end up in the Puket Field hospital.Guess what you'll be saying when you do?

22 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

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As of Wednesday, Thailand had a record 67,614 COVID positive cases in various kinds of hospital facilities, including a record 2,496 in critical condition, and 676 of those requiring ventilators to breathe.

 

 

Many of the ones in ICU will die and of those on ventilators , even a larger % will die , and the survivors have a long time to go before able to live normal again . Over here in Belgium they said for each day on ventilator requires 1 month of recovery/rehab .  That's the strain they put on the system .