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Thailand on Tuesday (August 17) reported 20,128 new COVID-19 cases and 239 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 



● 19,856 new infections

● 272 prison / prison infections
 

● 20,791 recoveries

 
Tuesday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 948,442 with 7,973 deaths. (Total infections since April 1: 919,579)
 
The news comes as Thailand, a regional manufacturer of AstraZeneca's coronavirus shots, is seeking to borrow 150,000 doses of the same vaccine from the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, an official said on Monday, amid a Thai supply shortage.

 

Thailand has been racing to boost its stocks after being hit by its worst wave of coronavirus infections, just two months before it started its mass immunisation drive in June. 

 

The request to tap vaccines from Bhutan, a country of less than 1 million people, reflects efforts to plug gaps in Thailand's chaotic vaccine rollout, after AstraZeneca said it could supply the country with about five to six million monthly doses, about half of what the government had targeted.

 

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https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1427431414157373440

 

Chonburi Public Health Office is reporting 1,182 new cases today and 7 more deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (260), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (216), and Si Racha (376). There are now 20,711 patients in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1427430130108952587

 

Phuket health authorities are reporting 50 new local cases, zero cases from the Sandbox and one new death. There are 794 patients in care. The #PhuketSandbox has had 58 cases since 1st July #COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1427430351408820242

 

Decline for the 4th consecutive day on official infections although the unofficial, inclusive of positive rapid tests is still 22,230. Official testing numbers yesterday for PCR 50,151 

 

PCR tests, total of 20,128 official new infections, with 272 of those from prison and 19,856 from community. 239 Official covid deaths recorded.

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 2,102 bringing the unofficial total to 22,230

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

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 15th Aug) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases from daily official announcements.

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

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

The prison figures go up and down at least 

 

The same figure every day is just too difficult to take seriously 

Deaths lagging cases and then we have seemingly flatlined for the past few days.  In one to 2 weeks we should see the uptick on deaths associated for when we rolled over 20k a day. Unfortunately, their are many who believe that deaths are the tell all.  I for one don't believe that.  A lack of true testing is why the numbers are what we see. You just have to ask yourselves why? and what is the true motivation, besides saying " We can open all up since are numbers are just like the UK". We'll if that's the possible end game I say " Be careful for what you wish".  Stay safe, take care of yourselves and family.

The number of recorded new cases seems to be capped at the number of beds newly available in the hospital system due to discharges. 

8 minutes ago, cyril sneer said:

The prison figures go up and down at least 

 

The same figure every day is just too difficult to take seriously 

agreed!

We are not seeing photos of people waiting to be hospitalized, or dying in the street, or in improvised hospital wards, or waiting to be tested.

 

Looks like the crisis is over. Time to open the country to tourists!

Testing going down numbers of infections found going down. Simple. Thing is numbers have been going up as testing was and is going down. 75,000 tests (which is still dismally low) and numbers will obviously be higher.

What is the Positivity Rate (Percent Positive)?

 

That is, what was the number of  tests performed out of which 20,128 were deemed to be newly infected?

 

And does it matter what it is given the testing metrics used here, and now?

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Testing going down numbers of infections found going down. Simple. 

Welcome back..

Is it now reasonable to think that the peak may have been reached, and that we could be looking at an India-type decline over the next few weeks?

 

Or, not yet?

 

Southeast Asia saw a fall in new Covid-19 cases and related deaths on Monday, collated data from Asean countries showed. #Asean #COVID19 #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40004760

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

Welcome back..

Cheers. I forgot that some individuals are hypersenstive. As for testing they are reducing testing to try and get numbers to artificially reduce but it's not going as planned. It is, however, keeping numbers in a range. To me if the numbers are holding steady in a range as testing is reduced this clealy indicates that infections are increasing and the gap between official numbers and real numbers is therefore increasing.

31 minutes ago, anchadian said:

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

There are 20,128 confirmed cases and 2,102 probable cases today. Out of 210,032 patients in care, 54,939 are in hospital, 74,103 in hospitel, and 73,840 in home/community isolation. 5,536 are in a serious condition (-90) and 1,169 are on ventilators (+8) #Thailand #COVID19

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1427446005264384001

 

Most cases today are again in #Bangkok (4,404), followed by Samut Sakhon (1,843), Samut Prakan (1,200), Chonburi (1,183), Nonthaburi (984), Ayutthaya (507), Roi Et (424), and Chachoengsao (403).

 

* Numbers include inmates

#COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1427447188142006300

 

10 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Is it now reasonable to think that the peak may have been reached, and that we could be looking at an India-type decline over the next few weeks?

 

Or, not yet?

I prefer to look at the Indonesian figures/trends, we seem to be about 3 weeks behind them. Which leads me to think that we are nearing the peak. What follows would be more like a slow decline as community spread progresses, province by province. This is why the policy of keeping vaccines in Bangkok and sending their infection up country was criminal. 

 

India had extensive pre-Delta prior infection and has a lot more vaccination gun power.

43 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Is it now reasonable to think that the peak may have been reached, and that we could be looking at an India-type decline over the next few weeks?

 

Or, not yet?

Yes very reasonable. 
On schedule to open for high season as planned. 
 

 

Given the experience of the Phuket sandbox and the tiny number of incoming tourists testing positive upon arrival, plus experience with those testing positive during their 14 days in Phuket, maybe it’s time to reduce quarantine for fully vaccinated tourists to 7 days.

 

How many tourists in the sandbox are testing positive after 7 days?

57 minutes ago, webfact said:

AstraZeneca said it could supply the country with about five to six million monthly doses, about half of what the government had targeted.

But double what they initially ordered. ????

2 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

Given the experience of the Phuket sandbox and the tiny number of incoming tourists testing positive upon arrival, plus experience with those testing positive during their 14 days in Phuket, maybe it’s time to reduce quarantine for fully vaccinated tourists to 7 days.

 

How many tourists in the sandbox are testing positive after 7 days?

Despite the scepticism, due to its undoubted success it’s only a matter of time before the quarantine is reduced and the scheme is extended to a wider audience as part of the reopening. 

37 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Is it now reasonable to think that the peak may have been reached, and that we could be looking at an India-type decline over the next few weeks?

 

Or, not yet?

Well if the testing metrics keeps on being reduced the only cases we will soon have are those that head to a hospital because they are sick and need treatment.  If that's the case and what we are currently seeing in the numbers are those that are truly walk-ins and also from those that tested positive on the ATK test kits and were then retested, well that says all that needs to be known.  Without true widespread testing then I believe that we will continue to see these same numbers play out eventually.  However, it becomes a mockery of the actual cases that are out there.  Seems that they only want to count those that actually need treatment, even though they are giving medicine to those that tested positive by use of the ATK rapid test kits.  I hope to hell that the numbers of deaths in home are being counted, well at least those that tested positive on an ATK test.  If not as one could say "We have a problem Houston".  As always views differ and so do opinions, this one is my view and my opinion.  With what we are seeing, I feel they are truly doing their best to find some common ground in order to reopen the country to tourism, and business, which would not be bad if more were vaccinated here.  Not saying that those coming in double vaxxed are the issue, but the other way around.  To be double vaxxed, arriving her, and then returning home being infected would be a death blow to Thailand.  However if we can say that the majority are vaccinated, double vaxxed here it would give great latitude and some level of comfort to those coming here.  We know that vaccines do not keep one from becoming infected, but it sure does give comfort to one to know that the chances are slimmer.

47 minutes ago, anchadian said:

There are 20,128 confirmed cases and 2,102 probable cases today. Out of 210,032 patients in care, 54,939 are in hospital, 74,103 in hospitel, and 73,840 in home/community isolation. 5,536 are in a serious condition (-90) and 1,169 are on ventilators (+8) #Thailand #COVID19

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1427446005264384001

 

The number on Ventilators is increasing, which is not good, and then the numbers self isolating at home has also grown, the Hospitel numbers are high, but then I wonder if they are including field hospital numbers within that total.  I would also like to know what the number of bubble and sealed clusters at construction dormitories or factories are.  Without those numbers we can have a true view of the actual situation and only have a slight glimpse into what is really happening.  Ugh... Not to bad, but then how do we know.....

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Deaths lagging cases and then we have seemingly flatlined for the past few days.  In one to 2 weeks we should see the uptick on deaths associated for when we rolled over 20k a day. Unfortunately, their are many who believe that deaths are the tell all.  I for one don't believe that.  A lack of true testing is why the numbers are what we see. You just have to ask yourselves why? and what is the true motivation, besides saying " We can open all up since are numbers are just like the UK". We'll if that's the possible end game I say " Be careful for what you wish".  Stay safe, take care of yourselves and family.

Maybe the numbers are just like the UK.

But there is one significant difference.

The UK has probably the best, if not, certainly one of the best Health Care Systems in the World.

More smoke and mirrors has been created due to the ATK testing, which is totally unregulated or monitored.

Who really knows the true positives from these tests.

It would be my guess that there are more than are declared.

 

 

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) estimates loss in revenue caused by the Covid-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022 at Bt2.6 trillion. #BankofThailand #COVID19 #ThailandNews #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004771

CCSA gives nod to buy 32 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Tuesday approved the procurement of an additional 32 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to cope with the spreading delta variant of the virus. #CCSA #COVID19 #vaccine #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004769

6 minutes ago, anchadian said:

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Tuesday approved the procurement of an additional 32 million doses

From the linked article....

“We expect the negotiations to be completed before the end of September so that Thailand can achieve the target of vaccinating 100 million doses within 2021.”

 

A term that I'm very bored with.....

"We expect the negotiations...."