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Thailand on Wednesday (July 21) reported 13,002 new COVID-19 cases and 108 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 
 

● 11,953 new infections
● 1,049 prison / prison infections
 

Wednesday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 439,477 with 3,610 deaths. 

(Total infections since April 1: 410,614)

The news comes as Thailand’s purchase contract for 20 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been signed, with delivery expected in the fourth quarter of this year, according to Pfizer and BioNTech.

 

AstraZeneca will only be able to deliver 5-6 million doses per month but the plan to inoculate at least 10 million people per month will continue with the help of other vaccines, the government said on Tuesday.

 

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Thailand’s COVID pandemic took a major turn for the worse on Wednesday as the country reported another record high 13,002 new cases and posted 108 new deaths, its second highest daily death toll. The new record high daily case count was the fifth such record set in the past six days.

 

After a brief one day modest decline in new cases on Tuesday, Wednesday’s 13,002 new cases passed the prior daily record of 11,784 set just two days ago on July 19 by a wide margin of 1,218 added cases. The 108 new deaths were exceeded only by the 141 recorded on July 17.

 

Wednesday’s update included 11,953 new cases in the general population and 1,049 new cases among the nation’s prisons. Thailand has now totaled 439,477 COVID cases and 3,610 COVID deaths since the start of the pandemic in January 2020, though most of those cases and deaths have occurred just since April.

 

Overall, Thailand's current level of daily COVID cases has now more than doubled from the 6,000-range in daily cases of just two weeks ago. Even apart from the 1,049 new prison cases, the 11,953 general population cases also was a record high for the country.

 

The new daily high for COVID cases came as the government starting today, as part of a series of new COVID restrictions, has halted regular commercial domestic air flights into and out of Bangkok and another dozen restricted provinces. Exempted would be flights to/from Phuket and Samui that recently have begun allowing only fully vaccinated tourists.

 

On Tuesday, the government expanded a broader range of COVID restrictions that are slated to continue at least thru August 2 for Bangkok and the other dozen other hard-hit provinces. Those include an overnight curfew and a new order telling residents in those provinces to stay home as much as possible.

 

Thailand’s COVID outbreak, now in the worst of a so-called third wave that began in April, has spread lately from its original center in Bangkok and several adjoining provinces to the entire nation. All or almost all of Thailand’s 77 provinces lately have been reporting new COVID cases on a daily basis.

 

Health experts said the rising COVID case and death tolls in Thailand have been spurred by the highly contagious Delta (India) variant of the coronavirus that’s now become dominant in the country. The pandemic has led to increased poverty, rising unemployment and simmering protests against the government, particularly over a haphazard and lagging COVID vaccinations program that has seen only about 5 percent of the population fully vaccinated.

 

The country’s health care system has been hit almost to the breaking point by the broadening pandemic. Thailand on Wednesday again reported new record highs for active COVID cases hospitalized (131,411),  the share of those in critical condition (3,786), and the share of critical patients on ventilators (879).

 

Total COVID hospitalizations have almost doubled in the past two weeks, and the share of those in critical condition has doubled in the past three weeks. As of Wednesday, Thailand's tally of critical condition COVID patients had risen to new daily records for the past 32 days in a row.

 

Up, up and away. Friday should see Thailand at number 50 on the covid charts. Up 67 spots in about 3 months.

Edited July 21, 20214 yr by dinsdale

Wow lost for words but again no surprise. I still would like to know the true numbers in Thailand.

The Latest Lockdown & Curfew Rules Effective July 20:

 

Continue to apply to Bangkok, five adjoining provinces (Nahon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan and Samut Sakhon) and four southern provinces (Narathiwat, Pattani, Songkhla and Yala) that already had many of them since July 12, along with three newly added provinces (Chonburi, Ayutthaya and Chachoengsao). These are called “dark red” zone provinces.

 

--Continue daily curfew between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m.

 

--Residents now ordered not to leave their homes other times except for necessities such as work, food shopping, health care, vaccinations, etc.

 

--Public gatherings of more than 5 people still banned.

 

--Government/private sector work from home still encouraged.

 

--Highway checkpoints set up to discourage travel out of dark red zone provinces. Public asked to register online in advance any such trips to obtain a QR code document.

 

--Passengers on bus and rail lines limited to 50 percent of maximum capacity (also nationwide), and public transport remains closed during the overnight curfew times.

 

--General department store, shopping center, and community mall shops remain closed, except for the following that can open until 8 p.m. -- supermarkets, takeout food outlets, banks & financial institutions, pharmacies, building supplies, postage/parcel & mobile phone related shops.

 

--No sit-down restaurant dining allowed. Takeout food & beverage service allowed till 8 p.m. Delivery services allowed outside of curfew hours.

 

--Bars and night clubs remain closed, and on-site alcohol consumption remains forbidden. Massage parlors and spas remain closed.

 

--Convenience stores & night markets remain closed 8 p.m. to 4 a.m.

 

--Classroom instruction remains shut down, but online learning is allowed.

 

--Essential venues can remain open including hospitals, clinics, factories, drug stores, banks, gas stations, postal services and mobile phone shops. In Bangkok at least, parks still can remain open until 8 p.m. daily.

 

 

Edited July 21, 20214 yr by TallGuyJohninBKK

Chonburi Public Health Office has just announced they have 636 new cases and three more deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (106), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (163), and Si Racha (164). The total cases so far is now 17,163 with 7,441 remaining in care #Thailand

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1417641470304034816

 

NEW HIGH - #COVID19 Update on Wednesday: 13,002 cases & 108 deaths (1,049 cases from prisons). Full details at 12:30pm #Thailand

 

17 July: 10,082 - 141 dead

18 July: 11,397 - 101 dead

19 July: 11,784 - 81 dead

20 July: 11,305 - 80 dead

21 July: 13,002 - 108 dead <— TODAY

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1417649544968298501

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1417649544968298501

 

With testing figures last released in late June and at that time showing a flatline capacity its hard to see what the real numbers of cases here in Thailand are, certainly far more than those being announced. Evidence from most other countries, shows delta is a very hard nut to cap, with a semi lockdown and even lighter measures in many provinces this wave has nothing in its way to stop it despite the official announcements.

 

13,002 positive cases today with 1,049 of those from prisons, 108 deaths

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 19th July only) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases.

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

These images should make you mad. They should make you upset, they should make you angry, and they should make you want to take action because the time for inaction is over.

 

Last night, local media showed scenes of people who had passed out and/or died on the streets of Bangkok due to either Covid-19 or because they had been malnourished and without support during the lockdown.  

 

Their bodies were left on the side of the street for hours.

https://www.thaienquirer.com/30216/opinion-prayut-and-his-ministers-have-brought-this-country-to-its-lowest-point/

4 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Up, up and away. 

And there are estimated 4 Million excess deaths in India, in the news today. Given a population of 1.38 billion people, that equates to 1 in 350 people. Extrapolate that out for thailand, with a population of 70 million, if the circumstances here become the same as India (I think a worst case scenario) thay would imply 200,000 death here. I'm going to stick my neck out and predict approx 100,000 here.

Whats the reason for the increase in the prisons? they wasn't testing people before? 20,000 infections a day will happen soon

5 minutes ago, anchadian said:

These images should make you mad. They should make you upset, they should make you angry, and they should make you want to take action because the time for inaction is over.

 

Last night, local media showed scenes of people who had passed out and/or died on the streets of Bangkok due to either Covid-19 or because they had been malnourished and without support during the lockdown.  

 

Their bodies were left on the side of the street for hours.

https://www.thaienquirer.com/30216/opinion-prayut-and-his-ministers-have-brought-this-country-to-its-lowest-point/

Horrible, saw those reports on twitter, terrible images coming through of a very desperate and tragic situation in Bangkok

4 minutes ago, anchadian said:

These images should make you mad. They should make you upset, they should make you angry, and they should make you want to take action because the time for inaction is over.

 

Last night, local media showed scenes of people who had passed out and/or died on the streets of Bangkok due to either Covid-19 or because they had been malnourished and without support during the lockdown.  

 

Their bodies were left on the side of the street for hours.

https://www.thaienquirer.com/30216/opinion-prayut-and-his-ministers-have-brought-this-country-to-its-lowest-point/

Many on here said you don't see people dying on the streets here. I'm fairly sure many of also thaught it's only a matter of time. Looks like that time may have come.

Wooohooo , new record . Being sarcastic ... thinking about post before on Pattaya they thinking to open in September , and the news they thinking opening in October , TBH i can't really see how they can do but , idk , i never know in Thailand

11 minutes ago, anchadian said:

These images should make you mad. They should make you upset, they should make you angry, and they should make you want to take action because the time for inaction is over.

 

Last night, local media showed scenes of people who had passed out and/or died on the streets of Bangkok due to either Covid-19 or because they had been malnourished and without support during the lockdown.  

 

Their bodies were left on the side of the street for hours.

https://www.thaienquirer.com/30216/opinion-prayut-and-his-ministers-have-brought-this-country-to-its-lowest-point/

And the show goes on

13,002. Out for my morning bike ride and l see the Wat's in the villages have their flags out advertising upcoming festival. Unbelieveable. Last night two trucks full of people in the back arrived at my neighbors house for a big gathering. Very few wearing masks. Our house has sold and soon ouf of here with my wife forever.

While on another new thread Prayut is blaming the people for this outbreak during a live facebook interview..............no shame

1 minute ago, ryane66 said:

13,002. Out for my morning bike ride and l see the Wat's in the villages have their flags out advertising upcoming festival. Unbelieveable. Last night two trucks full of people in the back arrived at my neighbors house for a big gathering. Very few wearing masks. Our house has sold and soon ouf of here with my wife forever.

So opening the country in October will happen yes ?

 

The recent course of the Pandemic in Thailand has made me absolutely convinced that last year the Thais conducted a massive cover up of the real Covid situation in Thailand by testing at one of the lowest rates globally...sometimes there were only 2,000 tests in a country of 70,000,000.

 

The defence was always that “you would see bodies in the street”, “the morgues would be overflowing”, “it would be all over social media”.

 

Well right now we are probably at 30,000 cases per day as a bare minimum (in reality). Deaths are probably at 200 per day in reality as a bare minimum. But the hospitals are not overflowing, the morgues are not overflowing and their are not bodies in the streets and social media is not flooded with such stories (I note there are some stories but not flooded with them).

 

Thailand could of easily had 2,000 or 3,000 cases per day last year and no one would of known about it. The above indicators would t of happened. They are barely happening now even at 30,000 cases per day (probably much higher than that in reality).

14 minutes ago, anchadian said:

These images should make you mad. They should make you upset, they should make you angry, and they should make you want to take action because the time for inaction is over.

 

Last night, local media showed scenes of people who had passed out and/or died on the streets of Bangkok due to either Covid-19 or because they had been malnourished and without support during the lockdown.  

 

Their bodies were left on the side of the street for hours.

https://www.thaienquirer.com/30216/opinion-prayut-and-his-ministers-have-brought-this-country-to-its-lowest-point/

Really really horrible.  In India it's common to just die on the street and get cleaned up later.  It's not in Thailand.  

There are reports of hospitals not taking trauma patients now.  It's only a matter of time until this becomes commonplace.  And if this doesn't stop then the whole health care system will crash.  

My fear is this is what may happen.  

2 minutes ago, Marvin Hagler said:

and their are not bodies in the streets

Did you not see the appalling pictures and comment from anchadian only a few minutes ago??

2 minutes ago, sezze said:

So opening the country in October will happen yes ?

 

Flying to US(have a vacation home in Arizona) , get vaccinated then to Canada.

Just now, Marvin Hagler said:

The recent course of the Pandemic in Thailand has made me absolutely convinced that last year the Thais conducted a massive cover up of the real Covid situation in Thailand by testing at one of the lowest rates globally...sometimes there were only 2,000 tests in a country of 70,000,000.

 

The defence was always that “you would see bodies in the street”, “the morgues would be overflowing”, “it would be all over social media”.

 

Well right now we are probably at 30,000 cases per day as a bare minimum (in reality). Deaths are probably at 200 per day in reality as a bare minimum. But the hospitals are not overflowing, the morgues are not overflowing and their are not bodies in the streets and social media is not flooded with such stories (I note there are some stories but not flooded with them).

 

Thailand could of easily had 2,000 or 3,000 cases per day last year and no one would of known about it. The above indicators would t of happened. They are barely happening now even at 30,000 cases per day (probably much higher than that in reality).

Like i said before , you can't hide it when it is there , like you can't hide it now . Right now i see pics of full hospitals , i hear stories , true or not idc the stories are there , i hear things i see things . Thailand did not have a wave before , why and how , doesnt mean anything right now . All doesn't matter ... what does matter is right now , and right now they do have .

 

7 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

While on another new thread Prayut is blaming the people for this outbreak during a live facebook interview..............no shame

Oh please... quote the headline!!!!  ????   It looked so beautiful!!! 

 

Profiles in leadership!  You bought it... You own it, Man!!

 

 

 

Edited July 21, 20214 yr by TallGuyJohninBKK

AstraZeneca will only be able to deliver 5-6 million doses per month but the plan to inoculate at least 10 million people per month will continue with the help of other vaccines, the government said on Tuesday.   What other vaccines? Sinovac, Thai people are not dumb, many will not take it

Just now, club said:

AstraZeneca will only be able to deliver 5-6 million doses per month but the plan to inoculate at least 10 million people per month will continue with the help of other vaccines, the government said on Tuesday.   What other vaccines? Sinovac, Thai people are not dumb, many will not take it

You need approximately ten million a month for a year to get herd immunity.

Settle in, it's going to be a long long time till Thailand opens up.  With AZ expect less than promised in the way of numbers.  I am sorry, but we will see it.  

5 minutes ago, worrab said:

Did you not see the appalling pictures and comment from anchadian only a few minutes ago??

Yes and that comes when we’re are at probably 30,000 cases (probably higher). Confirms my point that they could of easily got away with hiding 2,000 to 3,000 cases per day last year. Or not even hiding them just not bothering to find them in the first place.

Wow, all this and they still haven't even actually ordered sufficient quality vaccines  - just dribs and drabs. 

 

I wonder what their game plan actually is ...

3 minutes ago, worrab said:

Did you not see the appalling pictures and comment from anchadian only a few minutes ago??

I think you'll find this is angry sacasm. I cant speak for @Marvin Haglerbut if you quoted the whole post not cherry picked a few words we could make our own minds up.

8 minutes ago, Marvin Hagler said:

The recent course of the Pandemic in Thailand has made me absolutely convinced that last year the Thais conducted a massive cover up of the real Covid situation in Thailand by testing at one of the lowest rates globally...sometimes there were only 2,000 tests in a country of 70,000,000.

 

The defence was always that “you would see bodies in the street”, “the morgues would be overflowing”, “it would be all over social media”.

 

Well right now we are probably at 30,000 cases per day as a bare minimum (in reality). Deaths are probably at 200 per day in reality as a bare minimum. But the hospitals are not overflowing, the morgues are not overflowing and their are not bodies in the streets and social media is not flooded with such stories (I note there are some stories but not flooded with them).

 

Thailand could of easily had 2,000 or 3,000 cases per day last year and no one would of known about it. The above indicators would t of happened. They are barely happening now even at 30,000 cases per day (probably much higher than that in reality).

 

The Transport Co. Ltd. has suspended all of their long distance bus routes from 21st July to 2nd August or until the situation improves. The message is clear, #StayHome to help stop the spread around the country #Thailand

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1417659103799808005