Thailand reports daily record of 15,335 coronavirus cases, 129 deaths

[Jonathan Fairfield]

FILE PHOTO: Public health officers bring coronavirus disease (COVID-19) swab testing to residents living in remote communities, amid the rise of coronavirus disease infections, in Samut Prakan, near Bangkok, Thailand, July 19, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

Thailand on Sunday reported 15,335 coronavirus cases, a daily record, bringing the country's cumulative cases to 497,302.

 

Of the new cases, 641 were among prisoners.

 

Thailand also reported 129 new deaths, bringing total fatalities to 4,059.

 

Sunday's figures continues with the upward trajectory of new cases discovered in Thailand in recent weeks.

 

On Saturday, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said the number of new cases could double or even triple in the coming weeks.

 

While cases in Bangkok have remained high, the number of new cases in the capital have slowed slightly. At the same time, Thailand is now seeing an increase in new cases in the provinces, the DDC said.

 

The news comes after the Prime Minister's Office on Friday said that 13 million more vaccine doses will be administered throughout August - 8 million AstraZeneca doses and 5 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine.

 

As of Friday, Thailand had administered approximately 15.4 million vaccine doses.

 

*Reuters contributed to this report

 

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[LazySlipper]

OMG here we go!

 

Wait till the home testing kits start to add to the tally.

Edited July 25, 2021 by LazySlipper

[darksidedog]

2 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Thailand is now seeing an increase in new cases in the provinces, the DDC said.

That's what happens when you don't restrict travel outside of cluster areas.

[HampiK]

Are the 3'000 workers from the factory in Pechabun already included?

[Bkk Brian]

New highs again today, everyday seems to bring a record number of cases in one or the other category and today is no exception.

 

Total of 15,335 new infections, with 641 of those from prison and 14,694 in the community. 129 covid deaths recorded.

 

Rumours again about stricter measures due to the continued rising case load and stress on hospitals. The only positive figures from yesterday were Thailand’s road deaths which were only 10, due to people travelling less because of the measures in place.

 

Rolling 7 day average which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases from daily official announcements.

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

[Bkk Brian]

NEW HIGH - #COVID19 Update on Sunday: 15,335 cases & 129 deaths (641 cases from prisons). Full details at 12:30pm #Thailand #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้

22 July: 13,655 - 87 dead

23 July: 14,575 - 114 dead

24 July: 14,260 - 119 dead

25 July: 15,335 - 129 dead <— TODAY

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1419097780522426370

 

[Bkk Brian]

NEW HIGH: Chonburi Public Health Office has just announced they have 795 new cases and two more deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (196), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (231), and Si Racha (182). The total cases so far is now 19,909 with 9,075 remaining in care #Thailand

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1419091214540754948

 

[Danderman123]

13 minutes ago, LazySlipper said:

OMG here we go!

 

Wait till the home testing kits start to add to the tally.

They won't count. But, if your kit tests positive, you can then get a test at a lab or hospital or testing site. 

[Bkk Brian]

Thai volunteers step up as Covid-19 Delta cases send hospitals to ‘point of collapse’

Thanapon Songput, a worker at the non-profit Mirror Foundation, has been arranging to provide oxygen tanks for Covid-19 patients around Thailand’s capital in the past month.

The group allocates up to 90 tanks for about 15 patients a day, but the overwhelming demand has rendered its efforts almost futile. Thanapon said one patient died as she called to plead for help from the foundation.

 

“We could never work fast enough. We asked her to wait, but it was too late,” he said.

 

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3142317/coronavirus-thai-volunteers-step-delta-cases-send

[Danderman123]

Some of the anti-lockdown people point to the fact that Thailand has so many road deaths that the virus just isn't a big deal. 

 

They fail to understand that lockdowns also serve to reduce road deaths. 

[bkk6060]

Pattaya area keeps rising.  I have regular girls I date who keep contacting me.  No way Jose, not worth the risk at this point will stick to the internet for my fun.

[Danderman123]

Let's not debate whether Thailand has a lockdown now, or had one last year. 

 

Better to think of it as a set of restrictions. Perhaps last year the restrictions were heavier. But please don't debate whether it's a lockdown or not. 

 

 

And, for God's sake, no debates about fractions. 

[James105]

9th April - Bars ordered closed in Chonburi and no alcohol to be served in restaurants.  Number of cases = 34

25th July after 3 months of these measures.   Number of cases = 795

 

Any explanation as to why these measures have made the situation so much worse?  

[metisdead]

A troll post trolling about fake news has been removed.

[dinsdale]

Well many on here have said 20,000 in August and it is definitely heading there. Now over 4000 deaths and tomorrow into the 500,000 club for total infections on the covid charts. Complete and utter mismanagement by a shambolic government of empty heads not fit for purpose.

[ThailandRyan]

When you do not truly restrict travel and thus allow people to move about with impunity during the day, where they then head home to the provinces because there truly is no provincial travel restrictions other than words only without actions, would you have expected the cases to just stay in the Dark Red zones.  On top of that allowing the construction workers to still travel to and from their camps to the works sites does not make sense when the normal person is told they must stay inside or better yet Ordered, to stay inside unless there is a necessity.  

[sungod]

10 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

No way Jose, not worth the risk at this point will stick to the internet for my fun.

Thanks for sharing that with us.

[wensiensheng]

There can’t be any surprise in seeing these numbers surely? It’s a natural consequence of the deliberate strategy followed by the government. In that sense, it is not mismanagement, simply what they chose to do. And I would say, encouraged to do so by many of their advisors.

 

mismanagement is to be found in the vaccine program. They have fallen well short of the numbers they targeted and promised.

 

I fear for the numbers of daily deaths. That figure may rise fairly sharply over the next couple of weeks.

[dinsdale]

8 minutes ago, James105 said:

9th April - Bars ordered closed in Chonburi and no alcohol to be served in restaurants.  Number of cases = 34

25th July after 3 months of these measures.   Number of cases = 795

 

Any explanation as to why these measures have made the situation so much worse?  

Bars and restaurants openned add a 0 to the end of the number.

[FarFlungFalang]

22 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

That's what happens when you don't restrict travel outside of cluster areas.

Travel routes are like veins and arteries and enough has to get through to keep things alive.It's easy to say restrict travel but there's an awful lot the is necessary travel required and it's not so easy to have an effective system put in place to filter the flow and provide enough flow to keep things going.Bangkok relies on supply from around the nation to stay alive what effective system of restrictions do you have in mind and how would you implement it in an effective way in a short space of time? 

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, wensiensheng said:

There can’t be any surprise in seeing these numbers surely? It’s a natural consequence of the deliberate strategy followed by the government. In that sense, it is not mismanagement, simply what they chose to do. And I would say, encouraged to do so by many of their advisors.

 

mismanagement is to be found in the vaccine program. They have fallen well short of the numbers they targeted and promised.

 

I fear for the numbers of daily deaths. That figure may rise fairly sharply over the next couple of weeks.

When I read your post and then think about what this Government thinks truly of the lower class of people it makes me angry knowing that it may be a form of allowed genocide.  Just shocking to think like this, but if it was only to allow them to go home and live together because they could pool their resources then I could buy it, but then my mind turns to the darkness that I believe pervades the minds of those in power.  Sorry, but I had to say what was on my mind and how I feel.

[wensiensheng]

1 minute ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Travel routes are like veins and arteries and enough has to get through to keep things alive.It's easy to say restrict travel but there's an awful lot the is necessary travel required and it's not so easy to have an effective system put in place to filter the flow and provide enough flow to keep things going.Bangkok relies on supply from around the nation to stay alive what effective system of restrictions do you have in mind and how would you implement it in an effective way in a short space of time? 

They managed it pretty well for a month around April 2020

[ThailandRyan]

2 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Bars and restaurants openned add a 0 to the end of the number.

+1 and in total agreement with your synopsis.  If those like the poster you responded to could run freely doing what they want, drinking in the bars, I believe the numbers would definitely be as you stated x10 at a minimum.

[wensiensheng]

Just now, ThailandRyan said:

When I read your post and then think about what this Government thinks truly of the lower class of people it makes me angry knowing that it may be a form of allowed genocide.  Just shocking to think like this, but if it was only to allow them to go home and live together because they could pool their resources then I could buy it, but then my mind turns to the darkness that I believe pervades the minds of those in power.  Sorry, but I had to say what was on my mind and how I feel.

I understand how you feel. It’s why, some 3/4 weeks ago I posted that for many it feels ok to say open up, or stay open, when deaths are 50 a day. But if going the open route, you then have to have the stomach to say that it’s still ok when deaths are 500 a day.

 

every course of action has it pro’s and con’s and whichever you choose, you suffer the consequences of the con’s. Of course, it’s actually the people that suffer the consequences, not the decision makers.

[wensiensheng]

7 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Bars and restaurants openned add a 0 to the end of the number.

He is just trolling. Maybe joking. One of the two. His posts are usually more detailed than that.

[SmartyMarty]

Still pedaling the Sinovac I see. Must be enormous markups.

[The Cipher]

Quote

Rumours again about stricter measures

I shudder to ask this, but what stricter measures have they even got left in the bag at this point? 

 

Measures taken have already turned what was a nice place into a dystopian hellhole of boredom. What is there even left to close?

[dinsdale]

Vaccination confirmation. Bangsue.

[WaveHunter]

These numbers are truly alarming, and you must consider this is only "confirmed" cases.  It's anybody's guess what the actual numbers are considering that many infected people don't yet realize they are infected.

 

The authorities need to pull out ALL of the stops now and quit pussy-footing around, simply blaming the rise in numbers to the Delta variant.  There are a lot more causes than just the Delta variant:

• Authorities (politicians) need to put all resources into securing and distributing  vaccines everywhere, not just Bangkok, and from all sources globally instead of continuing to favor home-based sources.  All of this talk about lack of supply is hogwash.  Worldwide, there are ample supplies available to those governments determined to get them.  What's lacking here in Thailand are politicians with the resolve and the determination to cut all the red tape and political shenanigans that are currently being played out.

• There needs to be an acutal halt to intra-provincial travel that is actually enforced, even travel between Deep-Red zone provinces.  The present travel restrictions and road checkpoints amount to nothing more than political bluffing.  Anyone who has travelled from Pattaya to Bangkok since they started knows they are not being enforced at all.

• The public also needs to take this much more seriously, and the authorities need to make sure they do.  There are entirely too many people walking around in public selfishly not practicing proper social distancing and mask wearing.

Who would have imagined one year ago when we barely had any cases of Covid that we'd be where we are today?

 

Edited July 25, 2021 by WaveHunter

[maechanman]

29 minutes ago, James105 said:

9th April - Bars ordered closed in Chonburi and no alcohol to be served in restaurants.  Number of cases = 34

25th July after 3 months of these measures.   Number of cases = 795

 

Any explanation as to why these measures have made the situation so much worse?  

Weekend visitors from Bangkok no restrictions on travel over Songkran and other public holidays.