Thailand reports 20,902 new COVID-19 cases, 301 more deaths

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

2 hours ago, anchadian said:

Today there were 301 deaths in #Thailand

 

171 males & 130 females

14 foreigners died (including 1 Chinese & 1 American)

Median age is 65 (26 years-105 years)

Most deaths in Bangkok (79)

61% of those who died were 60+

4 died at home

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1428233994227773442

 

Among the 14 foreigner deaths, also 11 from Myanmar and 1 from Cambodia... (They deserve to get counted also!)

 

Also among the deaths, 3 more pregnant women and one health care worker in Bangkok, a nurse, who apparently had received two doses of the Sinovac vaccine.

 

45 of the deaths or 15% were neither elderly nor had any chronic medical conditions.

 

Some of the provinces, apart from the 79 deaths reported for Bangkok, also had double digit deaths:

 

Lopburi -- 22

Samut Prakan -- 21

Chonburi -- 20

Ayutthaya -- 16

Samut Sakhon -- 15

Pathum Thani -- 11

Saraburi -- 10

 

I noticed yesterday the CCSA spokeswoman was claiming in Thai media reports that the daily death toll numbers weren't accurate on a DAILY basis because some provinces were slow in updating their deaths and ended up aggregating together multiple days deaths. I don't know how much that issue may impact the numbers being reported above in today's COVID deaths report.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 19, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Bkk Brian]

55 minutes ago, Albert Zweistein said:

160 miles WEST of Phuket you only find water..........

Like some vaccine trackers information from media can be wrong but a certain poster keeps quoting it...555

Edited August 19, 2021 by Bkk Brian

[worrab]

People who become infected with the Delta variant even after being fully vaccinated may still pass the virus on, undermining hopes of herd immunity, new research suggests.

Scientists at the University of Oxford found levels of the virus could be just as high in people who get COVID despite having both jabs as in those who haven't been vaccinated.

Dr Koen Pouwels, one of the lead researchers of the study, said: "The vaccines are better at preventing severe disease and are less effective at preventing transmission.

 

Delta variant can still be transmitted by people who are double jabbed, study finds (msn.com)

[Bkk Brian]

4 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Also among the deaths, 3 more pregnant women and one health care worker in Bangkok, a nurse, who apparently had received two doses of the Sinovac vaccine.

Little wonder they have finally prioritized pregnant women now. Disturbing to hear of these tragic deaths and of course the nurse.

 

Along with all the others..RIP

[ThailandRyan]

15 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Prominent Thai doctor says everyone will eventually catch Covid-19, we need to learn to live with it

 

Bangkok –

Prominent Thai doctor, Manoon Leechawengwongs, urged non-infected people to stop discriminating against Covid-19 Coronavirus cured patients as he believes everyone would eventually be infected, sooner or later.

 

The doctor from Vichaiyut Hospital stated online today, August 19th, that Thailand has an increasing number of covid patients every day. But the other thing that is happening now is that many cured coronavirus patients who strictly conducted self-treatment and self-quarantine at home until 3-4 weeks have passed are also shunned by society.

 

His status read: “Their boss doesn’t let them go back to work. Local shopkeepers refused to provide service to them. Society treated them like they used to treat people with HIV and tuberculosis. They are stigmatized and discriminated against.”

 

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/08/19/prominent-thai-doctor-says-everyone-will-eventually-catch-covid-19-we-need-to-learn-to-live-with-it/

If his view is to be honored, then hells bells open up the whole shebang and lets get on with everyone getting Covid.  Within a short period the pandemic will have either killed many or mutated into a non lethal virus.  If everyone gets it, then in his view, there will be no more shunned or ostracized......Hmmm so then what's Prayut waiting for....

 

Of course as always my post is sarcastic or is it Narcissistic?

 

[ThailandRyan]

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Little wonder they have finally prioritized pregnant women now. Disturbing to hear of these tragic deaths and of course the nurse.

 

Along with all the others..RIP

Question?  Are the pregnant fatalities counted as one death or two.....just asking as a fetus is a life, at least in my view they are.  RIP to all and condolences to their families.  Just lost a fellow LE officer I worked with a few years ago to Covid, he was only 44.....

[Bkk Brian]

Labour network urges Covid protections for vulnerable workers, pregnant women

 

Representatives of the Labour Network for People’s Rights met with Labour Minister Suchat Chomklin on Thursday to discuss measures to help workers suffering hardship from the Covid-19 crisis.

 The activists were seeking aid for workers in in Samut Prakan and Pathum Thani provinces, where factories have been badly hit by outbreaks.

“We want the ministry to urge employers to launch active case-finding among workers and provide community isolation facilities for those who test positive to prevent Covid-19 from spreading to their family members,”

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004929

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Despite Prayut's ever optimistic tone, it sounds like the medical community is continuing to prepare for things to get worse:

 

From the MoPH today via Google Translate:

 

"Busarakham Hospital prepares to open 32 semi-critical wards [beds](Ruby)
Caring for critically ill patients. Construction is expected to be completed within 10 days.

At present, Busarakham Hospital There are 3,526 patients in hospital out of a total of 3,700 beds, which is considered the full potential of the hospital. Of these, 3,196 were pale yellow, 221 yellow and 109 red, of whom were on ventilators. 103 high-flow oxygen and 6 intubation due to increased red patients and from the analysis of the data, it was found that High-flow ventilator (semi-critical) patients had a 63% chance of survival, while intubation (critical) patients survived 26 percent. We have been closely supervised. will help reduce the entry into a crisis. Reduce intubation increase the chance of survival."

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/389411062677224

 

 

The above report contains an interesting comment regarding the current 1,169 critical COVID patients currently in Thai hospitals on ventilators:

 

" intubation (critical) patients survived 26 percent"

 

Also, by way of background, Busarakham Hospital used to be the name for the large field hospital established at Impact Muang Thong Thani... But I believe that facility has since closed, and MoPH has transferred its patients and apparently name to one of the new airport field hospital locations, AFAIK.

 

Edited August 19, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[anchadian]

Thailand seeks more Asian tourists, travel bubble with Korea

 

TAT has announced plans for a “travel bubble” agreement between Thailand and South Korea, to allow quarantine-free travel between the two countries. The scheme will be launched to stimulate the tourism sector once the pandemic eases.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004932

[DrJack54]

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

The UK are currently averaging 199,000 doses a day.

So over previous 9 days Thailand averaged approx 400k per day.

So does Thailand have 4million doses in the fridge ready for the next 10 days? 

[Bkk Brian]

4 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

So over previous 9 days Thailand averaged approx 400k per day.

So does Thailand have 4million doses in the fridge ready for the next 10 days? 

It was officially announced last month that they had 10 million dose's for August which included the 1.5 million of pfizer donated by the US. Whether they have had more ordered and delivered for this month in the meantime I've not read about.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

3 hours ago, anchadian said:

Vaccination update for #Bangkok for yesterday:

 

87,499 people vaccinated in one day

Medical workers: +2,281

Underlying conditions: +9,549

Elderly: +3,327

7,673,949 doses administered so far

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1428224206123126785

 

 

Government today says Bangkok province has now reached 80% of its population having received at least one COVID vaccine dose, but only 17.9% having been fully vaccinated with two doses.

 

Those numbers are based on a government chosen 7.7 million population figure for Bangkok province that's less than the 8.3 million tallied in the 2010 Census, and far less than the current population estimate of about 10 million.

 

The document below also notes that only 1,355 first and second dose (U.S. donated) Pfizer vaccine doses were given in Bangkok yesterday, and only 12,744 cumulatively thus far, as opposed to almost 80,000 third shot doses given thus far to government medical workers.

 

The foreign nationals setaside portion of the Pfizer doses is some unknown portion of the first and second dose totals. Elderly Thais, pregnant Thais and some other Thai nationals such as diplomats and Thai students needing to travel abroad also are eligible for those doses.

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/389369952681335/?type=3

 

Edited August 19, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[ThailandRyan]

14 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Government today says Bangkok province has now reached 80% of its population having received at least one COVID vaccine dose, but only 17.9% having been fully vaccinated with two doses.

 

Those numbers are based on a government chosen 7.7 million population figure for Bangkok province that's less than the 8.3 million tallied in the 2010 Census, and far less than the current population estimate of about 10 million.

 

The document below also notes that only 1,355 first and second dose (U.S. donated) Pfizer vaccine doses were given in Bangkok yesterday, and only 12,744 cumulatively thus far, as opposed to almost 80,000 third shot doses given thus far to government medical workers.

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/389369952681335/?type=3

 

Just waiting for the GF to get vaccinated as she is one of the 20% unvaccinated, but then is that 80% of all people in BKK including children 12-18, 19-59, 60 and up? or just 80% of adults?  

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thailand tomorrow is going to pass the mark of 1 million officially recorded COVID cases since the start of the pandemic in early 2020.  Stands at 989,859 today, most of those occurring just since this spring, with the 960,996 subtotal just since April 1.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/389369596014704/?type=3

 

Edited August 19, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Marvin Hagler]

The authorities really are to blame for the problem in Thailand. It is fair to say that it is very hard to stop Delta variant but if they had their act together then they could of out vaccinated the spread exactly like they are doing now in Australia. Being able to out vaccinate the outbreak in Australia is a very real possibility. Thailand could of done the same if they had the vaccines but they didn’t have them for reasons already discussed.

 

An interesting development about vaccine procurement is that Anutin apparently declined to order Pfizer vaccines last year because they were “not proven to work on yellow skinned people”.  Look at the Scotsman on Facebook and you will see. Around the same time he also rejected Moderna as being too expensive.

[Dogmatix]

Daily reported deaths in Thailand about 3x the UK but Thailand is reporting cases at 64% of the UK's rate. Difference is lack of vaccination and testing in Thailand.

[Dogmatix]

Since Thailand's PCR positivity rate is around 40% it is worth bearing in mind that 2 out of 5 people queuing up with you, if you go for a test, are going to test positiive. In testing centres without social distancing it is likely that many of the 60% who test negative will have been infected in the queue.   

[anchadian]

Phuket province is preparing to close the Phuket Fishing Port of the Fish Marketing Organization (FMO) temporarily for COVID-19 containment, after 95 trawler crew members were found to have the disease.

 

https://www.facebook.com/130075662049/posts/10158208917602050/

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Bangkok province COVID summary for the day:

 

79 new COVID deaths and a cumulative case fatality rate of 1.67%.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/389369182681412/?type=3

 

And daily case totals for the past week, as reflected in the line graphic above:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/389369692681361/?type=3

 

Edited August 19, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[anchadian]

Parliament approved the 2022 budget for the ministry of foreign affairs at 3.7 billion baht, down from 8.4 billion the previous year. It denied a request by Move Forward Party to cut the budget by a further 10% in light of the pandemic. (1/2)

The budget includes 10 new cars for embassies around the world as well as maintenance for a tennis court at the residence in Madrid, which the opposition party said were superfluous luxuries in the country’s time of need. (2/2)

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1428286411078176772

 

[Bkk Brian]

7 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Bangkok province COVID summary for the day:

 

79 new COVID deaths and a cumulative case fatality rate of 1.67%.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/389369182681412/?type=3

 

And daily case totals for the past week, as reflected in the line graphic above:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/389369692681361/?type=3

 

Positivity rate in that graphic is at an all time high. No indication that the delta spread there is subsiding.

[Dogmatix]

The US expected to follow the UK model with lower hospitalisations and deaths due to widespread vaccination.  The only problem is that in the red neck states the rate of adult vaccination is much much lower than in the UK.  Now the US seems to be racking numbers for cases and deaths relative to its population that are nearly as bad as Thailand and still rising. 

[Kadilo]

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

So over previous 9 days Thailand averaged approx 400k per day.

So does Thailand have 4million doses in the fridge ready for the next 10 days? 

People said the same thing last week and probably the week before that and yet miraculously they still managed. 

[DrJack54]

2 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

People said the same thing last week and probably the week before that and yet miraculously they still managed. 

I don't believe the vaccination numbers.

[Bkk Brian]

10 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

 

Of course all your daily trackers are bang on. ????

I don't post daily vaccine trackers from unofficial sources, especially ones that do not differentiate the third dose jabs. Try again

[anchadian]

Thailand to explore injecting coronavirus vaccines under skin

 

BANGKOK, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Thailand is studying the possibility of injecting coronavirus vaccines under the skin to try to stretch its limited supply, a health official said on Thursday, as the country races to inoculate the public faster amid a worsening epidemic.

 

https://news.trust.org/item/20210819095055-e8u38/

Edited August 19, 2021 by anchadian

[Kadilo]

6 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I don't post daily vaccine trackers from unofficial sources, especially ones that do not differentiate the third dose jabs. Try again

I said ‘your daily trackers’ never mentioned vaccine. 
 

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, Kadilo said:

I said ‘your daily trackers’ never mentioned vaccine. 
 

What daily trackers? Are you referring to the official statistics that are posted by the Ministry of Health? 

[anchadian]

Thai badminton Olympian Ratchanok "May" Intanon’s mother Kamphan Suwannasala died Thursday of a sudden heart failure. May’s father Winatchai Intanon is currently hospitalized with COVID-19. #รัชนกอินทนนท์ #Tokyo2020 #Olympics

 

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1428304424212996101

 

[dinsdale]

3 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Thailand tomorrow is going to pass the mark of 1 million officially recorded COVID cases since the start of the pandemic in early 2020.  Stands at 989,859 today, most of those occurring just since this spring, with the 960,996 subtotal just since April 1.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/389369596014704/?type=3

 

If you look at my previous posts you will see projections.