Thailand on Wednesday (August 4) reported 20,200 new COVID-19 cases and 188 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.


● 20,013 new infections
● 187prison / prison infections

 

Wednesday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 672,385 with 5,503 deaths. 
(Total infections since April 1: 643,522)

 

The news comes as Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved an additional 30 billion baht ($909 million) in relief measures for those hit by tougher restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19 infections, a government spokesman said.

 

On Sunday, the Southeast Asian country extended the curbs for another month and expanded lockdown areas in 29 provinces as it deals with its biggest outbreak to date.

 

During the last few days, it has become obvious that some shelves in convenient stores are now empty due to a rising demand for food and commodities. The Department of Internal Trade meanwhile, has announced that all retail companies still have plenty of products in stock, adding that members of the public have no need to hoard supplies.

 

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Todays Thailand numbers broke the 20k case mark and set a new high, as well as setting a new high for the number of deaths, which is sad.  I am not sure what the story is with the lockdowns as i believe that they will not do the trick as they expect with slowing the cases.  My reasoning with this is the folks in the dark red zones, which now numbers 29 provinces, can still travel interprovincially with impunity going there and back while still transmitting the virus and infection.  Until they actually stop this type of activity then we will continue to see cases rise especially out in the provinces.  One only has to look to the North East and Issan to see the growth.  I also know that the vaccinations are not reaching out to some of those smaller areas which are seeing the cases, this may be anecdotal evidence, but family and friends living in a few of the smaller villages in Udon Thani have told me that no matter how hard they try to become vaccinated they can not get an appointment and are told "Mai Mi".  It is not for a lack of trying that many of the expats I know in the north can not get vaccinated, it is truly one of supply.  Why Buriram will be getting some of the Pfizer vaccine is beyond my understanding when there are others who desperately need it worse then those that have been vaccinated need it for a booster.

 

Will the vaccines pick up with more being delivered, well that folks is the 64K dollar question.  The new relaxation of mall restaurants in Bangkok and the other dark red provinces being able to open and deliver food is a nice touch to help those folks out.  Rent on store fronts and their shops still have to be paid and by being completely closed there is no way they could stay afloat, well maybe the bigger chains could, but not the smaller ones.  Delivery versus takeaway is another issue, and it appears the mall food locations are back to what they were a year ago, you can order from a desk in the main lobby and then wait for it to be delivered to that location instead of waiting in front of the restaurant itself.

 

Stay safe folks and be ever vigilant.  Hopefully there will be a calm on the horizon in the next few months.

This was a little late coming out today and with each passing minute, I was more convinced that it was going to be bad news. Hang in there folks and stay safe.

Total of 20,200 new infections, with only 188 of those from prison and 20,013 in the community. 188 covid deaths recorded. 

 

New high on all counts and the psychological barrier of 20k broken for the first time. 17,975 released from care. The predictions and models by some of the health experts in Thailand are all now reality. Lack of preparation and planning has lead to this tragic situation with the desperate shortage of vaccines and overwhelmed hospitals with the consequence of needless human suffering.

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 2nd Aug) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases from daily official announcements.

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

NEW HIGH: Chonburi Public Health Office has just announced they have 1,678 new cases and 10 more deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (438), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (320), and Si Racha (433). 15,051 patients are now in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1422709275244171270

Wow.  Sadly, seems this may take months what is next 30,000?

Chonburi up almost 50% in one week.

Hope they keep those vaccines rolling.

NEW HIGH - #COVID19 Update on Wednesday: 20,200 new cases (187 from prisons) and 188 deaths. 17,975 released from care. Full details at 12:30pm.  

1 Aug: 18,027 - 133 dead

2 Aug: 17,970 - 178 dead

3 Aug: 18,901 - 147 dead

4 Aug: 20,200 - 188 dead

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1422715465814536195

Sadly, it would seem that my prediction on Monday that for the first time we will see >100,000 infections and >1000 deaths in a wk is going to happen. Absolutely tragic numbers. Tomorrow Thailand moves into 40^th position on the Covid charts. Mr Empty Head says people should look at other countries to see that Thailand isn’t doing that bad. Well looking at other countries and this is from the very beginning there are as of tomorrow only 39 in the entire world worse than Thailand.

Waiting to see the daily figures for those in CCU's and ICU's and on ventilators.  Additionally, the outer provincial numbers will be interesting to see as well, and then one has to wonder how many are self isolating now after a positive Rapid Antigen test.  Life right now is tenuous at best and people need to understand that even though cases are rising elsewhere in the west, the seriousness of those infections is only high with the non vaccinated folks.

4 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

NEW HIGH - #COVID19 Update on Wednesday: 20,200 new cases (187 from prisons) and 188 deaths. 17,975 released from care. Full details at 12:30pm.  

1 Aug: 18,027 - 133 dead

2 Aug: 17,970 - 178 dead

3 Aug: 18,901 - 147 dead

4 Aug: 20,200 - 188 dead

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1422715465814536195

Every day is a new high and today we surpassed the 20,000 mark for the first time. It’s going to take a few months of lockdown to recover from this. Most cases today are in Bangkok (4,130), Chonburi (1,681), and Samut Sakhon (1,294) #COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1422719263261872128

 

We should all be in the little brick house, come on Thailand we're waiting..................

 

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https://twitter.com/alvie_barr/status/1422573216904658944

 

9 minutes ago, anchadian said:

NEW HIGH: Chonburi Public Health Office has just announced they have 1,678 new cases and 10 more deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (438), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (320), and Si Racha (433). 15,051 patients are now in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1422709275244171270

 

I suspect that most of these new cases are in factories rather than in the general population, even though some of the factory workers live in the community.

 

I had a friend start work at a factory this week, and she had to take a rapid antigen test.

The CCSA has announced it will extend the service at three COVID-19 testing spots in Greater Bangkok to help the public to access more testing, free of charge. The testing will be processed with the antigen test kits.

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1422686275929321475

 

Not long ago some experts predicted Thailand could reach 10.000 cases per day this autumn.... 

As I predicted last week 20,000 was coming. It didn't take much intellect. The question next is when will it hit 30,000? By the end of Next week or August?

 

Either way it isn't good for Thailand or the people.

it's all over

Just now, Bkk Brian said:

The CCSA has announced it will extend the service at three COVID-19 testing spots in Greater Bangkok to help the public to access more testing, free of charge. The testing will be processed with the antigen test kits.

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1422686275929321475

 

No bookings and time slots? Another unregulated scrum........

7 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Waiting to see the daily figures for those in CCU's and ICU's and on ventilators.  Additionally, the outer provincial numbers will be interesting to see as well, and then one has to wonder how many are self isolating now after a positive Rapid Antigen test.  Life right now is tenuous at best and people need to understand that even though cases are rising elsewhere in the west, the seriousness of those infections is only high with the non vaccinated folks.

4,910 in ICU

1,035 on ventilators

https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/

1 minute ago, cyril sneer said:

it's all over

As in, the wave is ending and we can stop wearing face masks?

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During the last few days, it has become obvious that some shelves in convenient stores are now empty due to a rising demand for food and commodities. The Department of Internal Trade meanwhile, has announced that all retail companies still have plenty of products in stock, adding that members of the public have no need to hoard supplies.

In other words, now that it's in print, tomorrow people will probably be freaking out hoarding supplies.   

Unless Thais are smarter than westerners.  

Just like everywhere else, we will peak, and then numbers will drop. It won’t matter much what we do. We will then have secondary spikes. This is not a big mystery. You can’t stop it, and it naturally tapers off.
 

The measures or vaccines won’t be the reason for the major taper, but everyone will say they are. 

 

There is a good post by Dr Levitt recently basically showing that covid has not had any affect on the state of Massachusetts since June 2020 (not a typo, June 2020). The measure he used was excess death. Covid basically did not exist as any sort of major problem in Mass after June 2020. 

1 minute ago, Blumpie said:

In other words, now that it's in print, tomorrow people will probably be freaking out hoarding supplies.   

Unless Thais are smarter than westerners.  

That, i very much doubt.

9 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

The CCSA has announced it will extend the service at three COVID-19 testing spots in Greater Bangkok to help the public to access more testing, free of charge. The testing will be processed with the antigen test kits.

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1422686275929321475

 

NIce to extend the testing area, but the bigger question is how many will be isolated from a positive test at home to reach the newly allowed 100k to isolate, but yet will not be counted in the case totals.

4 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

As in, the wave is ending and we can stop wearing face masks?

I would not be surprised we will be asked to wear masks at certain times every year for the rest of our lives..

6 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

I suspect that most of these new cases are in factories rather than in the general population, even though some of the factory workers live in the community.

 

I had a friend start work at a factory this week, and she had to take a rapid antigen test.

Reading from daily breakdowns and timelines in Pattaya News vast majority are plus family.workmates.etc.Im amazed Patts.Jomtien rarely mentioned 

I hear that Nakhon Ratchasima has announced strict lockdown measures.

3 minutes ago, Blumpie said:

In other words, now that it's in print, tomorrow people will probably be freaking out hoarding supplies.   

Unless Thais are smarter than westerners.  

Already done 555

 

Panic buying in Bangkok as Lockdown is extended

 

Residents in Bangkok and some dark-red provinces emptied supermarket shelves as soon as they heard of the extension.

Most supermarkets have run out of daily necessities like meat, vegetables and sauces. – The Nation

 

https://bangkokjack.com/2021/08/04/panic-buying-bangkok/

6 minutes ago, anchadian said:

4,910 in ICU

1,035 on ventilators

https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/

Staying steady, I wonder what the actual max capacity is for these beds with the advent of new facilities such as at Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang.

2 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

As in, the wave is ending and we can stop wearing face masks?

 

18 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

NEW HIGH - #COVID19 Update on Wednesday: 20,200 new cases (187 from prisons) and 188 deaths. 17,975 released from care. Full details at 12:30pm.  

1 Aug: 18,027 - 133 dead

2 Aug: 17,970 - 178 dead

3 Aug: 18,901 - 147 dead

4 Aug: 20,200 - 188 dead

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1422715465814536195

A 25% increase in deaths over 4 days. Extrapolate that rate out over a couple of months and the situation becomes catastrophic.

2 minutes ago, anchadian said:

That, i very much doubt.

That Thais are smarter than westerners, or that there will be a hoarding of supplies tomorrow.

Alas, let us leave the answer unanswered, yet we all know the answer in our minds.  

Thanks you.  Thanks you.  Blessings Buddha, whatever...