Thailand reports daily record of 235 new coronavirus deaths

[ThailandRyan]

4 hours ago, Kadilo said:

Another flat day suggesting we have reached the peak and with the falling numbers in Bangkok, all bodes well going forwards with reason for optimism. 
 

The opening for peak season seems on track and will be a mighty relief for all the struggling and desperate Thais. 
 

 

It appears your hopes of a flattening and falling of cases in BKK have been dashed at least for the day.  Today's BKK numbers show an increase of 1,112 cases from yesterdays count it would seem.  Today in BKK4,226 cases.

Edited August 10, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[metisdead]

A post with an intentional misspelling of Phuket into a profane context has been removed as well as a reply. Please refrain from posting that type of profane misspelling.

 

Some personal bickering posts and replies have been removed.  Please discuss the topic, not other members. 

[Bkk Brian]

53 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

More than 99.99% of people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 have not had a breakthrough case resulting in hospitalization or death, according to a CNN analysis of data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

 

https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine-updates-08-09-21/h_9c6a79bada1c3b54c7d873635394a789

This is quite misleading by admixing all the pre-Delta data when breakthrough infections were rare. I only wish it was true.

https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1424798750141153281

 

 The lack of data around breakthrough infections is giving many Americans a false sense of security.

 

That sense of confidence about vaccine protection was built upon the pre-Delta data when the CDC was monitoring breakthroughs. Still being reported by CDC, from their latest website data, and a constant refrain from public health officials, is that “99.99% of people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 have not had a breakthrough case resulting in hospitalization or death.” That could not be further from the truth.  

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/09/america-is-flying-blind-when-it-comes-to-the-delta-variant

[dinsdale]

Just now, anchadian said:

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

Total: 19,822

 

Interesting. BKK back above 4k and not sure but maybe the highest number.  Up 1,112 on yesterday.

[Denim]

1 hour ago, zhounan said:

You are not very up to date.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/over-5000-new-coronavirus-cases-confirmed-monday-as-new-limits-mulled/

[malibukid]

per capita exceeding the U.S. now!

[anchadian]

3 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Interesting. BKK back above 4k and not sure but maybe the highest number.  Up 1,112 on yesterday.

Yes, the highest infections to date.

[dinsdale]

4 hours ago, Kadilo said:

Another flat day suggesting we have reached the peak and with the falling numbers in Bangkok, all bodes well going forwards with reason for optimism. 
 

The opening for peak season seems on track and will be a mighty relief for all the struggling and desperate Thais. 
 

 

Falling numbers in Bangkok for today. Can you please show us where you came up with this or was this just a thought bubble you thought you would go with. Bit like the govt. here really. Figures would tend to show otherwise. Up 1,112. About 30%. Come on come out and admit you were wrong because you clearly were. Or will you be like Prayut and Anutin and never admit to being wrong. 

[anchadian]

A Mahidol University professor launched a campaign from Sunday calling on the government to stop exporting AstraZeneca vaccines until the Thai population has been inoculated.

The campaign was launched on www.change.org by Dr Prasert Auewarakul from Siriraj Hospital’s Faculty of Medicine, and as of 2pm on Tuesday it had won 2,058 signatures.

 

“The vaccine donations and batches expected to arrive soon may make people believe Thailand’s vaccine situation is good. However, I’ve heard from people related to the vaccine campaign that things will worsen in the next two to three months and Thailand will suffer a severe shortage of doses,” the campaign read.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004474

[malibukid]

6 hours ago, dinsdale said:

These lower infection numbers are interesting. If this continues there are two possible answers for this as I see it. A peak has actually happened or figures are being brought down artificially. Up to you which one you chose to believe but I tend to lean to the latter. Deaths will unfortunately continue to rise. Those released as recovered are now above admissions and this again raises the point of what was less than two weeks ago and has pretty much always been 50% released in relation to admissions is now more than 10% above admissions. This at a time when serious condition patients and ICU patients continue to rise.

if they where cooking the books, don't you think the number of deaths would be shown to be declining and not increasing?

[it is what it is]

6 hours ago, dinsdale said:

These lower infection numbers are interesting. If this continues there are two possible answers for this as I see it. A peak has actually happened or figures are being brought down artificially. Up to you which one you chose to believe but I tend to lean to the latter. Deaths will unfortunately continue to rise. Those released as recovered are now above admissions and this again raises the point of what was less than two weeks ago and has pretty much always been 50% released in relation to admissions is now more than 10% above admissions. This at a time when serious condition patients and ICU patients continue to rise.

 

a third reason for less cases is less testing, if you test less you will find less cases. testing should be increased, not reduced which a recent report, mentioned in this thread, indicates

[Danderman123]

19 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

It appears your hopes of a flattening and falling of cases in BKK have been dashed at least for the day.  Today's BKK numbers show an increase of 1,112 cases from yesterdays count it would seem.  Today in BKK4,226 cases.

A one day spike could be an artifact of labs catching up on processing after the weekend. We need to see a trend emerge before it can be concluded which way this is going.

[Danderman123]

2 minutes ago, malibukid said:

if they where cooking the books, don't you think the number of deaths would be shown to be declining and not increasing?

No one says the numbers are fake, they are simply artificially low due to lack of testing.

 

And now we are seeing people with positive Antigen tests not getting the promised RT-PCR tests.

[Bkk Brian]

More than 90 per cent of Covid-19 patients have been infected by the Delta variant of the virus, a survey conducted by the Department of Medical Science revealed.

he department has been studying new infections every week and of the 1,632 samples surveyed last week, 1,499 or 91.9 per cent had been infected by the Delta variant, formerly known as the Indian strain,” the department's director-general Dr Supphakit Siriluck said on Tuesday. “Of the samples, 129 or 7.9 per cent had picked up the Alpha variant or UK strain, while four or 0.2 per cent had the Beta or South African strain.”

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004476

[Emdog]

Does anyone know how many people are in prison in Thailand? Those cases and deaths might be meaningful if we knew total population.

[anchadian]

 

Demonstrators are placing a small version of fake corpses on the steps of Sino-Thai Tower as a symbolic gesture of the fatalities caused by Covid.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1425008824537128960

 

[dinsdale]

8 minutes ago, malibukid said:

if they where cooking the books, don't you think the number of deaths would be shown to be declining and not increasing?

No. Although there may be some deaths being unreported I think this is more difficult to hide. Moving the goal posts for reported infections can be done with the stroke of a pen.

[Bkk Brian]

10 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

No one says the numbers are fake, they are simply artificially low due to lack of testing.

 

And now we are seeing people with positive Antigen tests not getting the promised RT-PCR tests.

Noticed that Phuket is now using rapid tests also and providing what they call care centers for those infected, that will help keep official numbers down there, must not disturb the sandbox

[dinsdale]

11 minutes ago, it is what it is said:

 

a third reason for less cases is less testing, if you test less you will find less cases. testing should be increased, not reduced which a recent report, mentioned in this thread, indicates

Yes @it is what it is. This has been said many time since February last year by those of us that understand the correlation.

[anchadian]

7 hours ago, anchadian said:

 

Chonburi Public Health Office has just announced they have 1,005 new cases 10 more deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (271), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (179), and Si Racha (262). 18,650 patients are now in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1424891860967776258

Further details here which also includes the breakdown of deaths by nationality - 223 were Thai nationals and two were Myanmar nationals. The age range was between 22 and 100 years old.

 

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/08/10/recap-thailand-finds-19843-daily-covid-19-infections-with-235-additional-deaths-501330-new-vaccinated-people-reported-nationwide-in-the-past-24-hours/

Edited August 10, 2021 by anchadian

[anchadian]

Thailand's Vaccine Tracker (Aug. 10, 2021) About 6.9% of the population is fully vaccinated. 16,336,743 (+350,389) people have received the first dose, while 4,566,345 (+104,484) have been fully inoculated. #วัคซีนโควิด19 #COVID19 #ล็อกดาวน์ #KE

 

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1425012168211140615

 

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

235 deaths and numbers still in high 19k's.  Yesterday there were Ambulances running rampant here in Bangkok.  Of the 19,843 cases the tell all would be how many were actually tested, how many dead were found at home, and for Bangkok are the numbers trending down still.  How many are isolating at home after an ATK test is another number we need to see.  In another OP currently running, when you do the math, there is a 13.7% positivity rate in Bangkok alone.  Stay safe is all I can say.

The 235 death rate is worrying, with saturation point in many hospitals and people having to isolate and receive treatment at home I can see that increasing dramatically this month.

[TheFishman1]

Does anybody have the numbers for Chiang Mai how many cases in Chiang Mai

[CharlieH]

Reported baiting posts removed and responses to them.

[Olmate]

10 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

He believes all our stats and posts are those of people who don't care. Reality is what we discuss, not doom or gloom as he and others believe.

Probably best if you stick to the reality then and don,t dwell on other posters reactions!

[dinsdale]

7 hours ago, Kadilo said:

Another flat day suggesting we have reached the peak and with the falling numbers in Bangkok, all bodes well going forwards with reason for optimism. 
 

The opening for peak season seems on track and will be a mighty relief for all the struggling and desperate Thais. 
 

 

Numbers of deaths in BKK up not down. Up 30%. How can you say numbers are falling when they went up. Deaths at an all time high yet you say all bodes well. I honestly cannot see any logic to your comment. Infections are still around the 20k mark and you say that opening in October is on track. At what level do you think daily infections and fatalities should be to open up Thailand? What do you think is a reasonable infection rate? These are two honest and rational questions which I hope you will repond to. 

[Bkk Brian]

Chiang Mai bans handing out food to COVID-affected people on roadsides after recipients flocked to compete for handouts, posing risks of COVID-19 transmission. Donors are required to seek permission from authorities so that officials will be deployed to secure order.

@TNAMCOT

https://twitter.com/TNAMCOTEnglish/status/1425024244358934534

 

I just got back from a little shopping in Boat Avenue, Phuket, outside was a large food handout being administered to locals, must be surreal for sandbox tourists to see this if they passed by.

Edited August 10, 2021 by Bkk Brian

[Bkk Brian]

4 hours ago, anchadian said:

#BREAKING: Royal Gazette publishes that the controversial emergency order by PM @prayutofficial

banning “fake news” or anything else that could cause “fear” has been revoked. Last week a court has put an injunction on what many saw as an effective media gag order.

 

https://twitter.com/SaksithCNA/status/1424976064984477698

 

Well done guys!

 

The regulation drew strong criticisms from rights activists and journalists in Thailand. On Aug 2, a group of media representatives and human rights lawyers filed a petition to the civil court against the prime minister, seeking the revocation of Gen Prayut's order.

 

The court later ruled that the prohibition resulted in “a superfluous and unnecessary deprivation of people’s right and freedom”.

 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thai-pm-revokes-ban-news-could-frighten-public-during-covid-19-after-court-ruling-2103476?

[ThailandRyan]

4 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Well done guys!

 

The regulation drew strong criticisms from rights activists and journalists in Thailand. On Aug 2, a group of media representatives and human rights lawyers filed a petition to the civil court against the prime minister, seeking the revocation of Gen Prayut's order.

 

The court later ruled that the prohibition resulted in “a superfluous and unnecessary deprivation of people’s right and freedom”.

 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thai-pm-revokes-ban-news-could-frighten-public-during-covid-19-after-court-ruling-2103476?

Will the cases be dismissed now as well as the rapper who was fined given her money back.

[dinsdale]

16 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Well done guys!

 

The regulation drew strong criticisms from rights activists and journalists in Thailand. On Aug 2, a group of media representatives and human rights lawyers filed a petition to the civil court against the prime minister, seeking the revocation of Gen Prayut's order.

 

The court later ruled that the prohibition resulted in “a superfluous and unnecessary deprivation of people’s right and freedom”.

 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thai-pm-revokes-ban-news-could-frighten-public-during-covid-19-after-court-ruling-2103476?

Look elsewhere and you will see the court has temporarily suspended the regulation until otherwise ordered. I wouldn't be clapping too hard just yet.