Thailand reports record high of 75 Covid-19 deaths, 7,058 new cases

[anchadian]

National Vaccination Rollout:

 

DAY 22: 269,459

DAY 23: 255,734

DAY 24: 254,992

DAY 25: 299,485

DAY 26: 345,109

DAY 27: 98,605 <— Saturday

DAY 28: 106,851 <— Sunday

DAY 29: 280,642

DAY 30: 269,653

DAY 31: 291,575

 

TOTAL: 7,519,097 doses

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1413005759198109699

 

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, farangman said:

I would be asking why the hell are prison authorities are releasing Covid 19 positive people back into the community???

 

Obviously they are only testing a select few prisoners and then releasing them to spread to the whole community!

Welcome to the new normal of population control, brought to you by the Thai Government.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

In addition to new highs for daily COVID cases and deaths, Thailand also on 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.

 

 

Screenshot from government televised news briefing

 

Edited July 8, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[anchadian]

#COVID19 update in #Thailand on Thursday:

 

Since 1 April 279,367 people infected (+9 imported and +7,049 local cases)

2,368 dead +75

69,619 in care

2,564 in ICU and 698 on ventilators

4,978 discharged from care

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1413008099804270599

 

[anchadian]

The number of people in ICU and on VENTILATORS:

 

28 June: 1,806/510

29 June: 1,846/527

30 June: 1,911/556

1 July: 1,971/566

2 July: 2,002/579

3 July: 2,045/589

4 July: 2,147/616

5 July: 2,199/603

6 July: 2,350/643

7 July: 2,496/676

8 July: 2,564/698 <— Today

#Thailand

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1413008859728252929

 

Edited July 8, 2021 by anchadian

[anchadian]

From the total 7,058 cases that were found in the past 24 hours:

 

- 5,249 were found via tests at medical facilities

- 1,732 via proactive tests at known clusters

- 68 via proactive in prisons

- 9 imported cases

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1413008430034415619

 

[anchadian]

Today there are 75 deaths in #Thailand

 

39 males & 36 females

Median age is 63 (33-94 years)

Most deaths in Bangkok (38), Samut Prakan (9), Narathiwat (4), Pathum Thani (4), Nakhon Pathom (3), Yala (3), plus 3 provinces with 2 each and 7 provinces with 1 each

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1413009969251721219

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

17 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

And with all the talk of opening the country in 100 days, Phuket opening, Samui opening, has government messaging really prepared people for that? I think not. The country is in a fight against a formidable foe, and they are gas lighting about an inconsequential number of tourists.

They are giving hope to Thais in other provinces that rely on tourist income that tourists are about to flock back in numbers when we couldn't be further from that happening.

 

Irresponsible at best, criminally negligent at worst. 

 

The phrase, 'hoisted by their own petards' comes to mind here. 

[anchadian]

Out of 6,981 local cases, most in

 

Bangkok - 2,212

Samut Prakan - 565

Samut Sakhon - 517

Chonburi - 290

Pathum Thani - 229

Songkhla - 213

Nonthaburi - 180

Pattani - 175

Prachuap Khiri Khan - 150

Yala - 146

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1413011235163889664

 

[wensiensheng]

9 minutes ago, anchadian said:

The number of people in ICU and on VENTILATORS:

 

28 June: 1,806/510

29 June: 1,846/527

30 June: 1,911/556

1 July: 1,971/566

2 July: 2,002/579

3 July: 2,045/589

4 July: 2,147/616

5 July: 2,199/603

6 July: 2,350/643

7 July: 2,496/676

8 July: 2,564/698 <— Today

#Thailand

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1413008859728252929

 

I bet that none of the icu beds in the new suvarnabhumi hospital, look anything like this.

[RichardColeman]

4 hours ago, smedly said:

we are opening in 90 days - yippie

Only for countries that do not put Thailand on the red list in that 90 days !

[anchadian]

Thailand's Vaccine Tracker (July 8, 2021) About 4.72 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. 8,494,230 (+248,933) people have received the first dose, while 3,125,388 (+42,642) have been fully inoculated. #วัคซีนโควิด19 #ฉีดวัคซีน #COVID19 #Thailand #KE

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1413013501287620611

 

[rabas]

1 hour ago, placeholder said:

The problem with this kind of thinking is that it doesn't and can't openly address the main reason behind Thailand's dismal vaccination record. Prayut is not the most blameworthy person.

Anutin.  Most every Thai I talk to is acutely aware Anutin is the main cause behind the dysfunction. Just the mention of his name brings out reactions you seldom see in Thai people.

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

New COVID cases in Bangkok rebounded on Thursday to their second highest daily total ever at 2,212. That number for the province was exceeded only by 2,267 cases reported on July 2.

 

Prior to Thursday, new reported COVID cases in Bangkok had remained under 2,000 for the prior five days in a row since July 2.

 

 

Breakdown of new COVID cases by area:

 

Bangkok: 31.3% vs 23.7% yesterday

5 adjoining provinces: 22.7% vs 26% yesterday

4 southern provinces: 8.3% vs 8.7% yesterday

Other 67 provinces: 36.4% vs 40.3% yesterday

Prisons: 0.9% vs 0.8% yesterday

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/thaimoph/posts/346611873615389

 

Edited July 8, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158128626397050

 

Edited July 8, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Macrohistory]

8 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Thailand's Vaccine Tracker (July 8, 2021) About 4.72 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. 8,494,230 (+248,933) people have received the first dose, while 3,125,388 (+42,642) have been fully inoculated. #วัคซีนโควิด19 #ฉีดวัคซีน #COVID19 #Thailand #KE

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1413013501287620611

 

 

The weekend dips are pathetic.  What explains them?  People just want to relax even though the country is in the midst of an almost existential crisis?

 

 

[TheFishman1]

You’re getting a lot of countries giving them vaccines for free in as a foreigner living in Thailand I’m having a difficult time even willing to pay for it but you cannot receive it

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Government spokesman says CCSA will meet tomorrow morning to consider increased COVID regulations for certain areas...but said he wouldn't call the proposals to be considered a "lockdown."

 

The spokesman said the new measures likely would affect the Bangkok metropolitan area provinces in particular, and may include further restrictions on inter-provincial travel closure of some venues, and reduced operating hours for businesses and public transportation.

 

"This trend is quite alarming that we have over 6,000, 7,000 new cases per day," said government spokesman Natapanu Nopakun.

 

Nopakun said Thursday's results showed that all 77 provinces in Thailand had new COVID cases. That had only rarely if ever occurred in the past, with even recent days of rising cases often having at least 3 or 4 provinces with no cases.

 

"More than 1,300 cases outside the Bangkok metropolitan area also have originated from those traveling back from the capital to their home towns. So this continues to be the trend," Nopakun said.

 

"With this, we apologize for any of the inconveniences the general public and society have to face. But these disease control measures are necessary. They may cause a lot of inconveniences. They may cause a lot of strain.... But it is important and it is necessary," Nopakun said.

 

 

 

[RichardColeman]

7 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

About 4.72 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. 8,494,230 (+248,933) people have received the first dose, while 3,125,388 (+42,642) have been fully inoculated. At this rate, Thailand needs to administer 536,463 doses per day within 178 days to reach the herd immunity target by the year's end."

Actually, it's going to go up daily from 536,463 per day every day they fall behind, they'll stop publishing when the graph projections get silly steep

[Spilornis]

45 minutes ago, anchadian said:

National Vaccination Rollout:

 

DAY 22: 269,459

DAY 23: 255,734

DAY 24: 254,992

DAY 25: 299,485

DAY 26: 345,109

DAY 27: 98,605 <— Saturday

DAY 28: 106,851 <— Sunday

DAY 29: 280,642

DAY 30: 269,653

DAY 31: 291,575

 

TOTAL: 7,519,097 doses

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1413005759198109699

 

Those daily figures for the first 3 weeks are quite reasonable and compare well with countries of similar size.

The challenge is to double the daily figure before the end of the month to 500k per day and get to 700k per day in August.

Not impossible... Malaysia is almost punching 400k per day this week when last week it's figures were in the mid 200k's

[blackcab]

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[wensiensheng]

25 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158128626397050

 

It’s not a very pleasant reality that is being presented.

 

but I have to laugh at the guy urging the public to get vaccinated. What does he think they want to do? Plenty of people want it, but they don’t have it to give.

[Bkk Brian]

Government not providing food for sealed construction worker sites causing mass desperation

Workers in lockdown are not being given food by the government as was promised causing a desperate situation in construction camps, volunteers told Thai Enquirer on Thursday.

“I have been to 11 camps and none of them are being helped,” said Neeraj Trirongaubon, the owner of Tum Tum Somtum Pattaya (Sathon branch) and a representative of a food donation network.

“They cannot work, they do not have money, so they cannot buy food. We need to help them,”

 

At the same time, migrant workers are not being tested for Covid at the two sites.

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/29557/government-not-providing-food-for-sealed-construction-worker-sites-causing-mass-desperation/

Edited July 8, 2021 by Bkk Brian

[rabas]

25 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158128626397050

 

A look at Thailand's four waves, and a peak at the future in Indonesia.

 

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/covid-cases (variant labels added)

 

[wensiensheng]

14 minutes ago, Spilornis said:

Those daily figures for the first 3 weeks are quite reasonable and compare well with countries of similar size.

The challenge is to double the daily figure before the end of the month to 500k per day and get to 700k per day in August.

Not impossible... Malaysia is almost punching 400k per day this week when last week it's figures were in the mid 200k's

I think the infrastructure to deliver a high number of jabs is there. I mean, they did a good number the first couple of days.

 

the two issues as I see them are:

 

1. No vaccines to give

 

2. If they had enough vaccines, maintaining a high level of commitment for an extended period of time.

 

so in a sense, it is impossible just because of 1. above.

I’d argue 2. above also makes it impossible but that is just an opinion. However, 1. is a certainty.

[wensiensheng]

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Government not providing food for sealed construction worker sites causing mass desperation

Workers in lockdown are not being given food by the government as was promised causing a desperate situation in construction camps, volunteers told Thai Enquirer on Thursday.

“I have been to 11 camps and none of them are being helped,” said Neeraj Trirongaubon, the owner of Tum Tum Somtum Pattaya (Sathon branch) and a representative of a food donation network.

“They cannot work, they do not have money, so they cannot buy food. We need to help them,”

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/29557/government-not-providing-food-for-sealed-construction-worker-sites-causing-mass-desperation/

You just knew this would happen. No wonder they headed for the hills when it seemed a lockdown was imminent. 
 

and now every other worker knows what to do if it looks like the government might lock you in. And it isn’t stay and starve.

[anchadian]

Each province's daily domestic COVID-19 cases update in Thailand on Thursday

Total: 7,049

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158128725777050

[ourmanflint]

5 hours 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.

You're risking the "exponential" klaxon you know!

[2 is 1]

4 hours ago, Marvin Hagler said:

After watching all of this unfold I now have absolutely no doubt in my mind that the authorities were lying, covering up or being extremely deceitful during the first wave last year.

100 % correct! Why need use mask and make many restriction if have zero covid case! They annouce nice new thing called "new normal"! Every other country has undo restrictions right away when can , Thailand make "new normal" even they claim they had zero covid!

[Spilornis]

16 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

I think the infrastructure to deliver a high number of jabs is there. I mean, they did a good number the first couple of days.

 

the two issues as I see them are:

 

1. No vaccines to give

 

2. If they had enough vaccines, maintaining a high level of commitment for an extended period of time.

 

so in a sense, it is impossible just because of 1. above.

I’d argue 2. above also makes it impossible but that is just an opinion. However, 1. is a certainty.

The Chinese production capacity is massive. Sure we'd all prefer a western vaccine but as a circuit breaker you take what you can get.

AZ production is trending upwards as well.