Thailand reports record high new COVID-19 cases and deaths - but even more recoveries

[anchadian]

Today there were 191 deaths in #Thailand

 

115 males & 76 females

4 foreigners died

Median age is 67 (21-104 years)

Most deaths in Bangkok (100)

Deaths reported in 28 provinces

64% of those who died were older than 60 years old

2 died at home

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1423533257463762949

 

[blackcab]

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[anchadian]

5 new clusters in #Thailand:

 

Samut Sakhon (company) +16

Chonburi (factory) +17

Rayong (company) +15

Ratchaburi (company) +40

Prachuap Khiri Khan (factory) +64

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1423534129090494468

 

[anchadian]

Number of people who received vaccines

 

1st dose: + 397,275

2nd dose: + 98,369

3rd dose: + 175,190

 

https://twitter.com/NBTWORLDNews/status/1423533835468251138

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

36 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Today there were 191 deaths in #Thailand

 

115 males & 76 females

4 foreigners died

Median age is 67 (21-104 years)

Most deaths in Bangkok (100)

Deaths reported in 28 provinces

64% of those who died were older than 60 years old

2 died at home

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1423533257463762949

 

 

The 100 new deaths reported for Bangkok today is a pandemic high for the province, surpassing the prior daily record high of 92 from Aug. 4.

 

Among the total deaths, 187 Thais, 3 from Myanmar and 1 from Japan

 

4,700 new cases for Bangkok also is a new pandemic high, up from the prior high of 4,140 from yesterday.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/380770860207911/?type=3

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/380770683541262/?type=3

 

 

 

Edited August 6, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[anchadian]

This is the kind of new high I like to see In just two days, they vaccinated just over one million people. Way to go #Thailand! Please also note that the statistics now includes people getting their third booster shot.

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1423541276188676098

 

 

National Vaccination Rollout:

 

DAY 52: 164,270 <— holiday

DAY 53: 420,148

DAY 54: 480,155

DAY 55: 194,342 <— Saturday

DAY 56: 180,552 <— Sunday

DAY 57: 332,299

DAY 58: 379,271

DAY 59: 383,607

DAY 60: 670,834 <— NEW HIGH

 

TOTAL: 15,532,016 doses

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1423540130397048833

 

Edited August 6, 2021 by anchadian

[wensiensheng]

4 hours ago, DavisH said:

If they are not officially recorded via a PCR test, not sure why they would make it onto an official discharge list. Anyway, leaked documents suggest that the cases are 6x underestimated. This makes sense and reflects what is going on in other countries. My concern would be the imporper use of the rapid antigen kits by lay people, and thus giving a negative result. I guess their use is better than not knowing you are infected at all. 

Well, I think the point is this. The official case list appears to be compiled by adding up all positive PCR tests. They may or may not be under counted, but that is irrelevant for this issue. One positive PCR test, equals one person added to the official case count.

 

then consider how the number of people quarantined is calculated. A positive antigen test, equals an instruction to isolate (quarantine) at home, at a community centre, at a bubble and seal, field hospital, or whatever facility is in use for quarantine purposes. People quarantined by way of antigen test, MAY be counted as “in quarantine”. And once released, counted as “discharged from quarantine.”

 

there is nothing that says that quarantined people are always added to the official case count. In fact, quite the opposite, there is evidence that people quarantined as a result of antigen tests are NOT added to the official case count, eg Petchabun chicken factory.

 

if this is the case, the number of people counted as being in quarantine, but not on the official case count list, would skew the numbers as and when those antigen quarantine people are discharged from quarantine. The numbers would be far bigger than the official case count numbers.

 

if this is the case, the counting of quarantine numbers and discharges from that quarantine, are being calculated quite separately to the counting of official case counts. Therefore,  comparing quarantine discharges to new official Covid cases, on any particular day, makes no sense because the two sets of numbers contain totally different numbers of overall people. In other words, the quarantine numbers are not a subset of the official case numbers.

 

perhaps the above answers your question of why people not officially recorded via a PCR test might well make it onto an official discharge list.

 

I’m not sure how negative antigen test results being improperly used by lay people comes into it. I didn’t raise that issue at all. My comment was directed at people quarantined as a result of POSITIVE antigen tests.

 

I’m only speculating because it seems strange that discharges have suddenly started to exceed new case numbers during a period when case numbers are still rising. Assuming discharges relate to people quarantined 14 days or so ago, it seems a strange thing to happen given that new case numbers today are far higher than they were 14 days ago. It seems a statistical anomaly. CASES should fall first, then gradually discharges will exceed new cases. But that isn’t what has happened.

 

Edited August 6, 2021 by wensiensheng

[ThailandRyan]

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Wow....

 

Chonburi Hospital tells patients to avoid visits after 74 staff infected

 

Chonburi Hospital on Thursday announced that a total of 74 personnel had been infected with Covid-19 in the past five days.

 

The hospital urged people to avoid visits, unless there was an emergency, in order to prevent them from the risk of infection.

 

It added that patients can receive their medicines via post, and are allowed to reschedule meetings with their doctors.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/40004293

This is insane. What is wrong that the Hospital does not ensure that staff and medics do not have the proper protective gear to wear.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

After a recent surge of new cases from outlying provinces, the case trends have reversed lately, with Bangkok and five adjoining provinces accounting for an increasing share and increasing numbers of cases, with the outlying provinces as a group declining.

 

44% of new cases from Bangkok and five adjoining provinces (the blue line) versus 56% of cases from the other outlying 71 provinces (the green line). The outlying provinces share had been above 60% in prior days.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/380770636874600/?type=3

 

Edited August 6, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[ThailandRyan]

56 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

I would suggest that figure is a total nonsense. 

I agree, and know at last 10 folks that have not been vaccinated as well as my GF.  Registered and still no response via e-mail and SMS

[dinsdale]

31 minutes ago, anchadian said:

5 new clusters in #Thailand:

 

Samut Sakhon (company) +16

Chonburi (factory) +17

Rayong (company) +15

Ratchaburi (company) +40

Prachuap Khiri Khan (factory) +64

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1423534129090494468

 

I keep seeing pickups with bench seats in the back, pickups, pickups with carryboy on the back all filled with workers I assume being taken to the hospital for testing as they are going in that direction and coming back. This is in my part of Samut Sakhon so once again allow to to assume this is happening province wide. I have only started to see this this week. Once again let me assume that this is reactive testing as if it was proactive testing the testing would be going to the workers, not the workers going to the testing. The spread continues. 

I have also seen that some are now saying we're about half way through this Delata wave. Well how do you know? Without true mass testing to show positive cases are reducing you just can't know. 

[Kadilo]

22 minutes ago, anchadian said:

This is the kind of new high I like to see In just two days, they vaccinated just over one million people. Way to go #Thailand! Please also note that the statistics now includes people getting their third booster shot.

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1423541276188676098

 

 

National Vaccination Rollout:

 

DAY 52: 164,270 <— holiday

DAY 53: 420,148

DAY 54: 480,155

DAY 55: 194,342 <— Saturday

DAY 56: 180,552 <— Sunday

DAY 57: 332,299

DAY 58: 379,271

DAY 59: 383,607

DAY 60: 670,834 <— NEW HIGH

 

TOTAL: 15,532,016 doses

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1423540130397048833

 

Excellent effort. If they can maintain that level daily they will soon see the fruits. 

Edited August 6, 2021 by Kadilo

[anchadian]

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

Total: 21,369

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158185525912050

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thailand has now made it into the top 40 countries in the world based on total numbers of COVID cases since the start of the pandemic:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/380770586874605/?type=3

 

[Kadilo]

5 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

I keep seeing pickups with bench seats in the back, pickups, pickups with carryboy on the back all filled with workers I assume being taken to the hospital for testing as they are going in that direction and coming back. This is in my part of Samut Sakhon so once again allow to to assume this is happening province wide. I have only started to see this this week. Once again let me assume that this is reactive testing as if it was proactive testing the testing would be going to the workers, not the workers going to the testing. The spread continues. 

I have also seen that some are now saying we're about half way through this Delata wave. Well how do you know? Without true mass testing to show positive cases are reducing you just can't know. 

Same way you assume that the pick ups are going to and from the hospital. 
 

They are guessing and being optimistic. 

Edited August 6, 2021 by Kadilo

[anchadian]

Breaking: Court suspends government information decree which prohibits the spreading of news that can cause panic even if true. Court says government has no legal grounds to cut off internet and decree is against constitution.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1423544617358659584

 

Edited August 6, 2021 by anchadian

[bkkcanuck8]

2 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Thailand has now made it into the top 40 countries in the world based on total numbers of COVID cases since the start of the pandemic:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/380770586874605/?type=3

 

Now reorder the list to make it meaningful when comparing ranking.... by percentage of population (Thailand has almost 70 million or 20th in the world in population). 

[bkkcanuck8]

1 minute ago, anchadian said:

Breaking: Court suspends government information decree which prohibits the spreading of news that can cause panic even if true. Court says government has no legal grounds to cut off internet and decree is against constitution.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1423544617358659584

 

That is a surprise, I expected the court to close it's eyes and rule in favour of the government.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Daily charting of today's new record high COVID case count:

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/380770436874620/?type=3

 

 

[anchadian]

6 hours ago, anchadian said:

Chonburi Public Health Office has just announced they have 1,325 new cases and 1 more death. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (353), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (223), and Si Racha (301). 16,356 patients are now in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1423436185003728899

Further details:

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/08/06/recap-thailand-finds-21379-daily-covid-19-infections-with-191-additional-deaths-breaking-another-new-high-of-both-infection-and-death-rates/

[anchadian]

10 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Breaking: Court suspends government information decree which prohibits the spreading of news that can cause panic even if true. Court says government has no legal grounds to cut off internet and decree is against constitution.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1423544617358659584

 

#BREAKING: Civil Court has issued a temporary injunction on PM

@prayutofficial's

decree adding to emergency laws that bans “fake news” or other disseminating of information that “could cause fear”, citing its unconstitutionality. This also applies taking alleged offenders offline

https://twitter.com/SaksithCNA/status/1423549230564601857

 

Edited August 6, 2021 by anchadian

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, anchadian said:

https://twitter.com/SaksithCNA/status/1423549230564601857

 

Looks like the PM and the rest of his cabinet are in for a few more surprises along the way.  The road needs to be less traveled that he and his cabinet take in order to get out of the deep dark pit they have dug for themselves.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

56 minutes ago, anchadian said:

This is the kind of new high I like to see In just two days, they vaccinated just over one million people. Way to go #Thailand! Please also note that the statistics now includes people getting their third booster shot.

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1423541276188676098

 

 

National Vaccination Rollout:

 

DAY 52: 164,270 <— holiday

DAY 53: 420,148

DAY 54: 480,155

DAY 55: 194,342 <— Saturday

DAY 56: 180,552 <— Sunday

DAY 57: 332,299

DAY 58: 379,271

DAY 59: 383,607

DAY 60: 670,834 <— NEW HIGH

 

TOTAL: 15,532,016 doses

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1423540130397048833

 

 

Except it looks like 175,000+ of today's increased total are booster shots for medical staff, as opposed to first or second shots to the general public.

 

The medical staff need all the protection they can get, of course, but so do members of the general public, many of whom haven't been vaccinated at all thus far.

 

It's also worth noting, part of the reason they're needing to now use their vaccine supplies for third doses for medical staff is because they relied on the less effective Chinese Sinovac in the first place, instead of the more effective mRNA vaccines from the west.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/380770336874630/?type=3

 

 

Edited August 6, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[dinsdale]

1 hour ago, Kadilo said:

Same way you assume that the pick ups are going to and from the hospital. 
 

They are guessing and being optimistic. 

I am sorry that you don't believe what I am saying. That is up to you. You believe what you like. Here's a FACT for you. July 12 Samut Sakhon had 591 cases on that day. Today 1,355. 26 days later. As for car after car of obvious factory workers heading in the direction of the hospital and returning maybe you have a better idea. I'm sure we would all love to hear it. I am seeing this happening.

Edited August 6, 2021 by onthedarkside
personal comments removed

[candide]

6 hours ago, sezze said:

Well , what did you expect .... IMHO it' logic if you got new highs every day , you will have record breaking recoveries also . 10.000 infected , 5 die , 100 go hospital long time , 9850 go home fully recovered . Since it is a daily schedule , i expect daily recoveries to boom also . It might sound great but really it isn't .

They are supposed to keep them 2 weeks, so the number out should be around the same as the number in two weeks ago, which was much lower than 20,000. The only way they can do that is by reducing the time they keep them in the hospital.

[dinsdale]

10 minutes ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

That is a surprise, I expected the court to close it's eyes and rule in favour of the government.

If they did then it would show that the court is not independent. Appeal yet to come? and ruling possibly overturned. They are on show now internationally.

[Eric Loh]

6 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Looks like the PM and the rest of his cabinet are in for a few more surprises along the way.  The road needs to be less traveled that he and his cabinet take in order to get out of the deep dark pit they have dug for themselves.

Perhaps we looking at the waning of the politicization of the judiciary of the current establishment. More surprises ahead indeed. 

[bkkcanuck8]

10 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Except it looks like 170,000+ of today's increased total are booster shots for medical staff, as opposed to first or second shots to the general public.

 

The medical staff need all the protection they can get, of course, but so do members of the general public, many of whom haven't been vaccinated at all thus far.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/380770336874630/?type=3

 

 

I have no issues prioritizing 'booster' shots for medical staff ahead of initial vaccination for the general public.  The sinovac vaccine has a 'half-life' on one shot of 40 days, and I am guessing after two it is not that much better with 600 front line medical staff got covid after sinovac vaccination.   (this is significantly high considering that by that time the number of medical staff with front line contact with COVID was a small fraction of the overall medical staff).   Thailand will need these people healthy to get through the storm that seems to be coming ashore as we speak....  A collapse of the healthcare system and the mortality rate for COVID will at least treble.  (the lockdowns etc. are really focusing on tamping down the rate of infection so that a healthcare collapse is avoided [in most countries]).

[Kadilo]

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

I am sorry that you don't believe what I am saying. That is up to you. You believe what you like. Here's a FACT for you. July 12 Samut Sakhon had 591 cases on that day. Today 1,355. 26 days later. As for car after car of obvious factory workers heading in the direction of the hospital and returning maybe you have a better idea. I'm sure we would all love to hear it. I am seeing this happening.

 

You said you “assumed” they were going to the hospital. Doesn’t sound like you actually saw them going into and out of the hospital

 

I suggested they were maybe also assuming were are about half way through the ‘Delata’ wave (whatever that is). 
 

[itsari]

6 hours ago, sezze said:

oh more recoveries , how can that happen duuuh , you got record breaking highs every day , more people recover also , that's easy ( oh wait a minute, i'm not Thai politician , i can't say that ) ...

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