Thailand reports 19,603 new COVID-19 cases, 149 more deaths

[anchadian]

TIMELINE: Pattaya and Banglamung inform residents who visited places in relation to most recent Chonburi confirmed Covid –19 cases

 

List of places here:

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/08/09/timeline-pattaya-and-banglamung-inform-residents-who-visited-places-in-relation-to-most-recent-chonburi-confirmed-covid-19-cases-3the-chonburi-public-health-office-last-night-august-8th-has-released/

[anchadian]

Today there were 149 deaths in #Thailand

 

84 males & 65 females

9 foreigners died

Median age is 64 (4 months-103 years)

Most deaths in Bangkok (54)

Deaths reported in 29 provinces

65% of those who died were older than 60 years old

26 died at home

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1424607712516579332

[Bkk Brian]

25 minutes ago, JerseytoBKK said:

Why are you assuming that "The incoming travellers have all been double vaxxed"?

 

That is wrong. Look at Phuket Facebook pages and you'll see families are in the Sandbox. Kids under 18 traveling with parents don't need to be vaxxed. 

Ok let me rephrase it for you after checking T.A.T. Children 6 - 18 years old traveling with fully vaccinated parents do not need to be vaccinated but need to take per test on arrival. 
 

It does not make a lot of difference to the numbers as by far the majority of those who tested positive were adult, besides I’m pretty sure the officials have those stats and they are also available in public reports. 

[Kadilo]

16 minutes ago, buick said:

and i would add this question:

 

does the more transmissible delta variant mean the peak is reached even sooner than the peaks reached in countries last year ?  i'm not a math, statistics, or calculus expert…….

Don’t worry this forum has many of them who should be able to answer your question.

Edited August 9, 2021 by Kadilo

[anchadian]

The vaccination situation for 2,417 people who died from #COVID19. Along the bottom are the age groups. The colours are as follows: yellow (not vaccinated), grey (1 shot within 2 weeks), orange (1 shot more than 2 weeks), and blue (2 jabs of vaccine) #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1424608780600320002

 

[Bkk Brian]

1 minute ago, anchadian said:

Today there were 149 deaths in #Thailand

 

84 males & 65 females

9 foreigners died

Median age is 64 (4 months-103 years)

Most deaths in Bangkok (54)

Deaths reported in 29 provinces

65% of those who died were older than 60 years old

26 died at home

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1424607712516579332

Without looking back to check but that.sounds like a record high for those dying at home 25! The system is still failing the most vulnerable despite the promises that they were going to stop this happening.

[ThailandRyan]

2 minutes ago, anchadian said:

The vaccination situation for 2,417 people who died from #COVID19. Along the bottom are the age groups. The colours are as follows: yellow (not vaccinated), grey (1 shot within 2 weeks), orange (1 shot more than 2 weeks), and blue (2 jabs of vaccine) #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1424608780600320002

 

So those in blue would be true breakthrough cases ending in death.  Now the question is which vaccine were they vaccinated with, however I see no blue on the chart at all.

[anchadian]

645,000 Pfizer Doses Distributed for Vulnerable Groups

 

BANGKOK, Aug 9 (TNA) – The Public Health Ministry was distributing 645,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech to hospitals for the protection of vulnerable groups of people.

 

Dr Sophon Iamsirithaworn, deputy director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said that from today (Aug 9) 645,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine would be distributed to the elderly people who were 60 years old and over, patients with seven chronic diseases who were 12 years old and more and the women who were pregnant for 12 weeks and longer in 13 provinces of maximum and strict COVID-19 control.

 

Besides, 150,000 doses of the vaccine would simultaneously be allocated to at-risk expatriates and the Thai students who will pursue their study abroad. The doses would be administered for the people who had not been vaccinated against COVID-19, Dr Sophon said.

 

https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-754935

 

 

 

[anchadian]

Not a great result from yesterday, 191,145

 

Number of people who received vaccines 1st dose: + 143,071 2nd dose: + 23,693 3rd dose: + 24,381

 

https://twitter.com/NBTWORLDNews/status/1424610610705174532

 

The following doesn't include the 3rd shot administered yesterday.

 

Thailand's Vaccine Tracker (Aug. 9, 2021) About 6.74% of the population is fully vaccinated. 15,986,354 (+143,071) people have received the first dose, while 4,461,861 (+23,693) have been fully inoculated. #วัคซีนโควิด19 #COVID19 #ล็อกดาวน์ #KE

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1424613306585677826

 

Edited August 9, 2021 by anchadian

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, anchadian said:

Not a great result from yesterday, 191,145

 

Number of people who received vaccines 1st dose: + 143,071 2nd dose: + 23,693 3rd dose: + 24,381

 

https://twitter.com/NBTWORLDNews/status/1424610610705174532

 

 

A weekend downtrend as Sunday is a day of rest, well for many in the Government.  Yet I know that hospitals still have doctors working and still take appointments, both Government and Private Hospitals, as I had an appointment with my doctor yesterday at BNH. Just fewer working, so that could explain lower vaccination numbers, but then so could running low on vaccines and awaiting more to be delivered by the MOPH.  Of course this is just my view.

[anchadian]

Ranking of 10 provinces with highest #COVID19 transmission, as of 9 August 2021

 

https://twitter.com/prdthailand/status/1424618022354837506

 

 

[anchadian]

The picture of a soldier getting a Pfizer shot in Loei province went viral on Sunday, with netizens asking why the much-needed vaccine is being administered to troops instead of frontline medics. #Pfizer #soldier #ThailandNews #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004414

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

41 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Without looking back to check but that.sounds like a record high for those dying at home 25! The system is still failing the most vulnerable despite the promises that they were going to stop this happening.

 

That was my read as well. I don't recall many, if any, days where the deaths at home number was so high...and the death toll reported today wasn't even anywhere close to any of the highest days.

 

It strikes me as a likely sign that the medical system has run out of rope..  The number of critical COVID patients keeps increasing and set another record high today at 5,218, and roughly doubled in the past month.

 

It would seem, either they simply don't have available beds for the critical care patients who need them any more, or, more broadly, they're simply not getting people triaged into the hospital system at all in order to properly evaluate how bad they're getting at home before the grim reaper arrives at the doorstep.

 

All in all, either way, it's a bad sign and omen.

 

[Kadilo]

6 minutes ago, anchadian said:

The picture of a soldier getting a Pfizer shot in Loei province went viral on Sunday, with netizens asking why the much-needed vaccine is being administered to troops instead of frontline medics. #Pfizer #soldier #ThailandNews #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004414

 

Reminds me of the many posts from foreigners who thought they should be getting the donated Pfizer in front of Thai people as it was donated by the USA. 
 

Wrong on both counts. 

Edited August 9, 2021 by Kadilo

[anchadian]

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

Total: 19,591

 

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158190911592050

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

New field hospital on Bang Na-Trat ready to accept Covid-19 patients

 

The Saeng Haeng Jai field hospital on Bang Na-Trat KM 5 can accommodate 450 Covid-19 patients and is accepting registrations online and via the call centre.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004411

 

This new field hospital is an interesting case. My wife has been involved in the outfitting of this new facility, and AFAIK, it's been conceived and executed entirely by the private sector, with neither the central government nor the BMA having much to do with it. If you look at the details of The Nation article, and read closely, you'll see just what family is the main mover behind this one.

 

I don't know of any other of the prior field hospitals in Bangkok that have been developed mainly or entirely by the private sector. AFAIK, they've all been government projects of one type or another, up until now.

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

Today there were 149 deaths in #Thailand

 

84 males & 65 females

9 foreigners died

Median age is 64 (4 months-103 years)

Most deaths in Bangkok (54)

Deaths reported in 29 provinces

65% of those who died were older than 60 years old

26 died at home

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1424607712516579332

 

The 9 foreigner deaths today included a couple of western farangs, which has been relatively rare at least in the official reports:

 

Among the 9, 6 from Myanmar, and 1 each from Cambodia, Norway and USA.

 

And further, if I'm reading the Thai document correctly, one of the Myanmar deaths was a 4-month-old infant in Samut Prakan province, one of 20 deaths reported there today, second behind only Bangkok.

 

And of all the deaths reported today, the government said:

--65% were age 60 and older

--another 19% were those under 60 who had some chronic disease,

--and 15% were neither elderly nor had any known chronic diseases.

 

Also, 24 of the 26 reported deaths at home occurred in Bangkok out of 54 total COVID deaths in the province, with two more in Chonburi province, which had a total of 6 COVID deaths for the day.

 

So, in other words, almost half of all the COVID deaths in BKK (24 out of 54) reported today occurred at home instead of in hospitals. That's another bad sign for what's going on in the medical care system.

 

 

 

 

[2 is 1]

5 hours ago, dinsdale said:

I will be interested to see if this fall is once again primarily from BKK.

Main thing BKK numbers are droping , they export infected one's to other provinces and numbers  add in there. One day like in Loei dont have any local case but imported ones had 38 all from BKK.

Anyway just hear Mrs. aunt have get covid. Intresting to hear what they do people who have been contact to her because she have small shop in village.

Edited August 9, 2021 by 2 is 1

[ThailandRyan]

31 minutes ago, anchadian said:

The picture of a soldier getting a Pfizer shot in Loei province went viral on Sunday, with netizens asking why the much-needed vaccine is being administered to troops instead of frontline medics. #Pfizer #soldier #ThailandNews #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004414

 

Complete chicanery is all this is.  Lies and subterfuge by this government as usual.

[dinsdale]

2 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

The 9 foreigner deaths today included a couple of western farangs, which has been relatively rare at least in the official reports:

 

Among the 9, 6 from Myanmar, and 1 each from Cambodia, Norway and USA.

 

There's some pretty horrible stuff in this. 4 month old baby 2nd one?). 103 yr old. A very long life only to be taken away by something that should never have happened (thanks China). 26 dying at home. No hospital beds and no ICU beds. They total the deaths maybe deaths at home needs a seperate category. 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

9 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

There's some pretty horrible stuff in this. 4 month old baby 2nd one?). 103 yr old. A very long life only to be taken away by something that should never have happened (thanks China). 26 dying at home. No hospital beds and no ICU beds. They total the deaths maybe deaths at home needs a seperate category. 

 

Well.... so much for that one.... another failed promise:

 

As COVID-19 Patients Dying at Home, Gov’t Says No One Must Die at Home

July 21, 2021

 

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2021/07/21/as-covid-19-patients-dying-at-home-govt-says-no-one-must-die-at-home/

 

"On 21 July, General Prayut Chan-o-cha declared there must not be any COVID-19 related deaths at home."

 

https://thisrupt.co/current-affairs/bold-words-clueless-actions-and-dying-thais/

 

[anchadian]

Led by Dr. Kamonpan Chivapansri and Suradet Namjampa, the group accused Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Public Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Kiattibhoom Vongrachit and Dr. Vitoon Danvibul, director of the Government Pharmaceutical Organization, of failure in vaccine management, resulting in shortages and suffering.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailands-central-administrative-court-asked-to-lift-covid-19-vaccine-import-restrictions/

[mtraveler]

44 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Reminds me of the many posts from foreigners who thought they should be getting the donated Pfizer in front of Thai people as it was donated by the USA. 
 

Wrong on both counts. 

Nice that it reminds you of that.  But they're not the same.  That's a false equivalency.  

 

Wrong?  Well, that's your opinion. 

 

As a taxpaying American, MY opinion is this:  I think there's some merit to my being allocated a vaccine, inasmuch as it's a small percentage of what is being donated, and it would be nice if some of the donated vaccine were allocated to us citizens.  Were there sufficient good quality vaccine here, that would be a different story, and I'd wait my turn for something offered to me. 

 

In addition, most of us foreigners are either over 60 (which I am), have risk factors, or both.  I've waited a long time for an opportunity to get the vaccine, and still waiting.  So, this to me seems fair.  

[Caldera]

2 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

India is given as an example of viral burnout, but it’s unclear if it actually subsided, or just moved away from the cities.

I don't think anything is unclear. It hit the cities hard first, so it peaked there first as well. In the rural areas, it will peak with some delay.

 

We'll see the same in Thailand in due course. This wave will peak in Greater Bangkok and a few other hard-hit provinces first, and 1-2 months later elsewhere.

[Rampant Rabbit]

5 hours ago, anchadian said:

More than 57,000 frontline medics given Pfizer booster shot

 

The Department of Disease Control said on Sunday that from August 4 to 7, more than 57,000 medical professionals who had previously got two jabs of Sinovac vaccine were given a dose of Pfizer vaccine to boost their immunity against Covid-19.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004401

is  that the U.S pfizer the ones they said x  amount to be given to foreigners theyre  using then?

[anchadian]

Thailand Covid-19 daily update on August 9, 2021 by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.

 

 

[Caldera]

57 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

It strikes me as a likely sign that the medical system has run out of rope.. 

What's likely about that? It's a certainty since last month that isn't even denied by those in charge. The medical system cannot cope since at least early July, and it has only gotten worse since then.

[anchadian]

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has warned that a facemask does not provide enough protection against Covid-19 because the mutated variant is strong enough to survive for several hours or even days.

 

https://twitter.com/Thenationth/status/1424634269922586625

[Olmate]

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

645,000 Pfizer Doses Distributed for Vulnerable Groups

 

BANGKOK, Aug 9 (TNA) – The Public Health Ministry was distributing 645,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech to hospitals for the protection of vulnerable groups of people.

 

Dr Sophon Iamsirithaworn, deputy director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said that from today (Aug 9) 645,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine would be distributed to the elderly people who were 60 years old and over, patients with seven chronic diseases who were 12 years old and more and the women who were pregnant for 12 weeks and longer in 13 provinces of maximum and strict COVID-19 control.

 

Besides, 150,000 doses of the vaccine would simultaneously be allocated to at-risk expatriates and the Thai students who will pursue their study abroad. The doses would be administered for the people who had not been vaccinated against COVID-19, Dr Sophon said.

 

https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-754935

 

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

is  that the U.S pfizer the ones they said x  amount to be given to foreigners theyre  using then?

 

[dinsdale]

4 minutes ago, anchadian said:

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has warned that a facemask does not provide enough protection against Covid-19 because the mutated variant is strong enough to survive for several hours or even days.

 

https://twitter.com/Thenationth/status/1424634269922586625

I would like to see the scientific research and peer reviews for this. The fridge and water certainly caught my attention.

Edited August 9, 2021 by dinsdale