Must Read Thailand reports another record high in new COVID-19 cases

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand on Thursday reported 20,920 new COVID-19 cases, another record high for daily new infections.

● 20,658 new infections

● 262 prison / prison infections

 

New deaths: 160

 

Total infections since April 1: 664,442

 

Total number: 693,305 cases with 5,663 deaths

 

The news comes as health officials on Wednesday confirmed the Delta variant is now the dominant variant in Thailand, found in 78.2% of cases throughout the country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[ThailandRyan]

Today the numbers were once again over the 20k mark with 20,920 Cases and 160 deaths.  The number of actual deaths, based upon anecdotal evidence, and those being found deceased at home seem to be a tad low.  Of course unless they test those that have died at home, after they have only been presumed to have covid by a Rapid Antigen Test and told to isolate, the true numbers will never be known.  On the other hand I was informed by a friend in Lampang that they are starting to vaccinate the resident foreigners living in the Chiang Mai Area and then in the surrounding provincial locations.  He indicated he was told that there will also be plenty of AZ and Sinopharm vaccines as many Thais are rejecting them for a myriad of reasons.  I did not ask him to expand.  HIs Thai wife however, and like my GF, can not be vaccinated what is on hand due to her medical issues as well.  I wonder how much of the Pfizer vaccine will arrive and then with the fake news of the Thai Hospital Tycoons purchase of 20k doses of the vaccine, that fell through, all a self promoting scheme to raise his stock prices, one has to wonder if any other MRNA vaccines, other than what has been donated so far by the US will ever arrive for those waiting.  Still waiting to hear from our local hospital here in BKK for the GF who I registered with for an alternative vaccine when they become available.

 

On another note, the roads again this morning are loaded with cars here in Sathorn and the work camp/construction sites are like any normal day prior to covid.  It is as if this Government does not care that the spread is continuing.  Prepare for the worst and expect the best is all I can say.  I would expect the numbers in BKK to keep on moving up just like those in the Northern provinces.  However, we may never know the true extent of the actual cases based upon the use of the new Rapid Antigen tests they are using and not counting in the case totals.

 

Stay safe, take care of your families, and above else ensure you have a way to stay healthy both physically and mentally. Covid fatigue and mental anxieties are definitely starting to show. 

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

--New record daily high of 20,920 new COVID cases (+720), surpassing yesterday's prior record 20,200 total. Second consecutive day of 20,000+ new daily cases.

 

--160 new COVID deaths, Thailand's fourth highest daily death toll of the pandemic, brings the nation's total to 5,663 fatalities. Today's number is down from the record high 188 reported yesterday.

 

--New record high 4,993 COVID patients in critical condition (+83), up from prior record 4,910 yesterday.

 

--New record high of 1,058 critical COVID patients on ventilators (+23), up from 1,035 yesterday.

 

--New record high total of 213,910 COVID patients (+2,834) as active cases in various kinds of treatment/monitoring, including 87,150 in traditional hospitals and 126,760 in other types of monitoring/treatment. Up from the 211,076 reported yesterday.

 

--The 17,926 COVID patients listed as released and recovered is again substantially exceeded by the day's number of 20,920 new cases.

 

 

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

[Bkk Brian]

Total of 20,920 new infections, with only 262 of those from prison and 20,658 in the community. 160 covid deaths recorded. (That's only the official pcr tested numbers) 17,926 released from care.

 

4,993 patients are in a serious condition & 1,058 are on ventilators.

 

New high yet again with only the deaths having a slight dip from yesterdays record high of 188. 

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 3rd Aug) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases from daily official announcements.

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

Edited August 5, 2021 by Bkk Brian

[anchadian]

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1423083057683206147

 

[anchadian]

Chonburi Public Health Office has just announced they have 1,312 new cases and 7 more deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (276), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (207), and Si Racha (374). 15,759 patients are now in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1423074197400477700

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, anchadian said:

Chonburi Public Health Office has just announced they have 1,312 new cases and 7 more deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (276), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (207), and Si Racha (374). 15,759 patients are now in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1423074197400477700

The cases are down just a tad, but the 7 deaths are also a concern.  Does this meet or exceed the daily high for deaths in the Chonburi province?

[Bkk Brian]

All 50 districts in #Bangkok now have a centre for Community Isolation. These are the phone numbers for each district if you have tested positive. People with no or mild symptoms can either do home or community isolation. The hotline is 1330.

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1422952613432025090

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

4 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Total of 20,920 new infections, with only 188 of those from prison and 20,658 in the community. 160 covid deaths recorded. (That's only the official pcr tested numbers) 17,926 released from care.

 

4,993 patients are in a serious condition & 1,058 are on ventilators.

 

New high yet again with only the deaths having a slight dip from yesterdays record high of 188. 

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 3rd Aug) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases from daily official announcements.

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

That graph is best described as 'parabolic'. 

 

Indicative of the complete and total failure of this administration. 

[anchadian]

Top 10 provinces in #Thailand with the most #COVID19 cases on Thursday:

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1423091854690557953

 

[darksidedog]

More miserable news and its tough to see a way out. Last night walking my dog I saw several groups in my village drinking and socialising with no attempt whatsoever at keeping any distance. Group sizes ranged from 4 or 5 up to 11. It really is no wonder its spreading, yet a single foreigner spotted without a mask is headline news. Crazy!

[Bkk Brian]

Oh so true.........................

 

"Thailand’s Covid Situation Admin Center: Lockdown and curfew don’t work b/c the public lets its guard down, not following orders.

 

//Right. Nothing to do with CCSA’s <deleted>ty management at all. In my life I have never seen a government that blames the public as much as this one."

 

https://twitter.com/Thai_Talk/status/1422942810450235393

https://www.posttoday.com/social/general/659761

[Somtamnication]

Out of words. This is disastrous.

[ThailandRyan]

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Oh so true.........................

 

"Thailand’s Covid Situation Admin Center: Lockdown and curfew don’t work b/c the public lets its guard down, not following orders.

 

//Right. Nothing to do with CCSA’s <deleted>ty management at all. In my life I have never seen a government that blames the public as much as this one."

 

https://twitter.com/Thai_Talk/status/1422942810450235393

https://www.posttoday.com/social/general/659761

100% in agreement, if they were serious we would have firmer lockdown restrictions instead of the flaccid ones we have now.  When someone can still drive around with impunity through one province to another, and then work sites are still allowed to run at full steam, while the local resident create a human wave of people going to the street Talads to get their food and supplies, it makes you wonder what their end game really is.  Of course for monetary reasons I do understand the economic hardships created, but they need to assist the public with true financial and monetary help.  Thailand is sinking further and further with the THB dropping to the worst in Asia. 

[onthedarkside]

A COVID graphic without a required weblink to the original source has been removed.

 

[ThailandRyan]

9 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Top 10 provinces in #Thailand with the most #COVID19 cases on Thursday:

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1423091854690557953

 

Seems that the BKK numbers are increasing as well, which is going against what they expected.  This just goes to show you that many folks are continuing on as before with nothing impeding them as they need to work and forage for food daily as they have no safety net.  People isolating at home still must have someone go out to get food for the family, and many times it may be the one, who even though is positive is showing no symptoms.  Thus the spread keeps on and on and on.....I do not have an answer to the way things are playing out because we are damned if we do and damned if we don't put a stricter restriction in place, yet this would cost the government more coin then they want in order to feed those families.  Home isolation of up to 100K which was authorized, and only with medication that will not be available for the masses until October, is going to see this continue upward and Hi-Season and the PM's plan of opening up in October be a tenuous issue.

[dinsdale]

I remember not all that long ago in the scheme of things some on here saying numbers have satalalized at or around 2,000. Then it was 3,000. At the time there were also us 'doomsayers' warning about such optimism. Don't hear from anyone that numbers have stabalized any more. The spread will continue sadly. Some may argue against this and that's up to you but without active not reactive mass testing and 70-80% of adults being vaccinated the spread will continue. Children are now also a point of concern when it comes to transmission.

So far for this wk there have been 77,991 new infections and 673 deaths. 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

How many more "record daily high" days of everything COVID related is it gonna take before the government figures out what they're currently doing is NOT working???

 

[smedly]

23 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

However, we may never know the true extent of the actual cases based upon the use of the new Rapid Antigen tests they are using and not counting in the case totals.

very key point you make - they should be including these numbers even if reported  separately giving a true picture of the numbers which is in the public interest - hiding it isn't

[ThailandRyan]

15 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

More miserable news and its tough to see a way out. Last night walking my dog I saw several groups in my village drinking and socialising with no attempt whatsoever at keeping any distance. Group sizes ranged from 4 or 5 up to 11. It really is no wonder its spreading, yet a single foreigner spotted without a mask is headline news. Crazy!

Just my view, but many people have already thrown in the towel, especially the young and even some elderly, and figure if they are going to become a statistic then well life must be lived and enjoyed while it can, just like the west.  

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

22 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Top 10 provinces in #Thailand with the most #COVID19 cases on Thursday:

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1423091854690557953

 

 

That total would be a new pandemic record high number of new cases for Bangkok, which has seen its case count spiral upward for the past two days with consecutive 4,000+ days.

 

This below was the Bangkok totals prior to today for the past week:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/379402483678082/?type=3

 

Edited August 5, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

How many more "record daily high" days of everything COVID related is it gonna take before the government figures out what they're currently doing is NOT working???

 

They have to be pulling their hair out, but then who truly is to blame.  Are there internal power struggles going on between factions and groups in play that we do not see.  I know that there has been questions over releasing funds from the budget to assist folks, but why wouldn't there be a unanimous votes to use the needed funds.  Who is bowing their backs and what do they expect in turn for supporting the move.  Personal Politics should have no bearing at this point as all people are in the same boat, or are they. Yes rhetorical questions and statements.  Stay safe.  

[robblok]

4 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Seems that the BKK numbers are increasing as well, which is going against what they expected.  This just goes to show you that many folks are continuing on as before with nothing impeding them as they need to work and forage for food daily as they have no safety net.  People isolating at home still must have someone go out to get food for the family, and many times it may be the one, who even though is positive is showing no symptoms.  Thus the spread keeps on and on and on.....I do not have an answer to the way things are playing out because we are damned if we do and damned if we don't put a stricter restriction in place, yet this would cost the government more coin then they want in order to feed those families.  Home isolation of up to 100K which was authorized, and only with medication that will not be available for the masses until October, is going to see this continue upward and Hi-Season and the PM's plan of opening up in October be a tenuous issue.

In out group of friends (SG people) there are a lot less people socializing. They really liked socializing as its a bit younger crowd. The curfew is preventing that and also they seem to hold themselves to the 5 ppl rule. Before there were more mini parties that went on in evenings. I mostly did not attend as i could use some time alone covid was a good excuse.

 

So I think a certain part of the population certainly limits his / her movements.

 

But the fact that factories stay open and travel between provinces is not that hard to do the virus will keep spreading. The fact is that the government has not helped people enough and with ever mounting debts is not able to do so. That is why they don't enforce things harsher as there is no money for the fallout. Of course also the unwillingness to spend money on the people instead of on the army and other stupid projects.

 

There have been some opinion pieces in the BKK post from an economics guy who basically says the government has no money and just can't afford this. 

[anchadian]

Interesting to note they are now saying exactly where people are in care:

 

87,150 in hospitals

71,879 in hospitels

46,330 in home/community isolation

8,551 in other locations

#COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1423098788302839821

 

[ThailandRyan]

7 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

I remember not all that long ago in the scheme of things some on here saying numbers have satalalized at or around 2,000. Then it was 3,000. At the time there were also us 'doomsayers' warning about such optimism. Don't hear from anyone that numbers have stabalized any more. The spread will continue sadly. Some may argue against this and that's up to you but without active not reactive mass testing and 70-80% of adults being vaccinated the spread will continue. Children are now also a point of concern when it comes to transmission.

So far for this wk there have been 77,991 new infections and 673 deaths. 

Your view of 100k for the week and over 1k in deaths looks more and more like it will be eclipsed at this rate.

[Denim]

I wonder if the Petchabun cluster has found its way into any of these statistics. On 24th July a 1000+ cluster ( none with  serious symptoms ) was reported at Saha Farms chicken processing factory. That should have caused a big jump in the national statistics ?

[ThailandRyan]

2 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Interesting to note they are now saying exactly where people are in care:

 

87,150 in hospitals

71,879 in hospitels

46,330 in home/community isolation

8,551 in other locations

#COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1423098788302839821

 

Showing how many are at home now is a good start as you can try and extrapolate the case numbers, but then we would need to know when they started to isolate and those numbers.  If they list this daily then we will be able to see those numbers as they increase, but then we will have to take into account those sent home from a hospital or hospitel to isolate at home.  Unless they add the daily numbers for the Rapid Antigen tests then we will never have an accurate accounting of true infections as far s those tested.  I just gave myself a headache.  Coffee time is over and time to take a sabbatical for the rest of the day.  Stay safe folks. 

[anchadian]

2 minutes ago, Denim said:

I wonder if the Petchabun cluster has found its way into any of these statistics. On 24th July a 1000+ cluster ( none with  serious symptoms ) was reported at Saha Farms chicken processing factory. That should have caused a big jump in the national statistics ?

In the distant past, I think we will hear no more of the Phetchabun chicken plant.

[ThailandRyan]

4 minutes ago, Denim said:

I wonder if the Petchabun cluster has found its way into any of these statistics. On 24th July a 1000+ cluster ( none with  serious symptoms ) was reported at Saha Farms chicken processing factory. That should have caused a big jump in the national statistics ?

Only way to tell is when the daily numbers are released and looking back at those figures they definitely have not made it into todays total.

[anchadian]

The number of Covid-19 cases in Southeast Asia crossed 7.65 million, with 95,870 new cases reported on Wednesday, higher than Tuesday’s tally of 90,856. #Asean #COVID19 #TheNationThailand

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40004215