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Thailand on Monday (September 6) reported 13,988 new COVID-19 cases, 17,284 recoveries and 187 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

● 17,284 recoveries

● 13,544 new infections 

● 444 prison / prison infections

 

Monday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 1,294,522 with 13,042 deaths.

 

(Total infections since April 1: 1,265,659)

 

The news comes as Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) has revealed that the Sinovac vaccine has played a key role in saving Thai lives since the Alpha variant was found in the country early this year.

 

DDC Director-General Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong said the Chinese made vaccine has helped Thailand control the pandemic since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, when the world was facing a vaccine shortages due to the huge demand and inadequate supply.

 

 

 

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https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1434678987037446150

 

Chonburi Public Health Office is reporting 703 new cases today and 4 more deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (94), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (145), and Si Racha (229). There are 13,821 patients in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1434663196380389382

Good news.  What is the number that will allow a province to be moved from dark-red to just red?

UPDATE: 13,988 confirmed cases. 2,404 probable cases. 7-day testing average is 47,245. Out of 148,622 patients, 44,954 in hospital, 70,462 in hospitel and 30,156 in home/community isolation. 4,601 in a serious condition (-81) with 1,013 on ventilators (+5) #Thailand #COVID19

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1434682320653459456

Phuket health authorities are reporting 241 new local cases , zero cases from the Sandbox and three deaths. There are now 2,536 patients in care . The #PhuketSandbox has had 88 cases since 1st July #COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1434663585561473027

Nice....ish numbers again. Why doesn't the government allow open air bars to be open. Perhaps same hours as places such as Homepro. 

Also of course alcohol permitted at restaurants. 

BTW, I don't drink, would like to see a break for those businesses, especially since many others are opening and more crowded than bars.

Are these just weekend numbers like the reduced vaccinations that occur over the weekend or are they truly going down.  If they are truly going down then that is great news, however, lets wait and see, and hope the vaccinations pick back up to where they were on Friday.  I am looking forward to my second jab here next week, and hope that it is the AZ vaccine but if they offer Pfizer I will not be picky. Ambulances were all over this morning as I headed to Lumpini park for my run and traffic coming into Sathorn was heavy at 7:15 am, and getting heavier as I returned home just a few ago.

The downward trend is encouraging, though we are far from being out of the woods yet. We have had a lot of rain the last couple of weeks, so it could be as simple as people are not socialising as much of late, because it is hard to suggest the vaccination programme is having any real impact yet.

Its nice that restaurants are open again, though not being able to have a beer or glass of wine with dinner is frustrating. I still can't wrap my head around how a beer with my meal makes me mega infectious.

Thai social platform helps small eateries survive COVID-19 crisis

The initiative targets small restaurants and those run by the elderly who cannot join the mainstream online food delivery market.

 

BANGKOK: The sound of a metal spatula against a wok was a familiar greeting to visitors at a small eatery on Samran Rat road. 

 

Aromatic smoke, sometimes with a spicy note of chillies, and the sizzling of food over hot flames used to fill its little unpretentious space on the ground floor of an old shophouse.

 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thailand-covid-19-local-platform-help-eateries-2145106

Asean countries logged 78,170 new cases, higher than Saturday’s 76,029. There were 1,509 deaths, down from Saturday’s 1,781. #Asean #COVID19 #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40005754

PCR test positive cases, total of 13,998 official new infections, with 444 of those from prison and just 13,544 from the community. 186 official covid deaths recorded. Lowest for weeks!

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 2,404 bringing the unofficial total to15,948 pushing through the 20k mark once again!

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

 

47,245 official pcr tests carried out yesterday.

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 4th Sept) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases from daily official announcements.

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

 

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

Phuket health authorities are reporting 241 new local cases , zero cases from the Sandbox and three deaths. There are now 2,536 patients in care . The #PhuketSandbox has had 88 cases since 1st July #COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1434663585561473027

7 covid deaths in 2 days is not something you want to see in the highest vaxxed Province in Thailand

The evidence is now crystal clear: lockdowns, even semi-lockdowns, work.

 

3 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

7 covid deaths in 2 days is not something you want to see in the highest vaxxed Province in Thailand

Had the 7 been vaccinated?

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

7 covid deaths in 2 days is not something you want to see in the highest vaxxed Province in Thailand

Died of Covid but you have to look at the victim's age/comorbidities to see how much damage the virus did. To put it crudely, 7 70 year-olds dying is a lot less worrisome than 7 17 year-olds.

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Nice....ish numbers again. Why doesn't the government allow open air bars to be open. Perhaps same hours as places such as Homepro. 

Also of course alcohol permitted at restaurants. 

BTW, I don't drink, would like to see a break for those businesses, especially since many others are opening and more crowded than bars.

Not really so nice..ish. Deaths appear to be abruptly on the rise. The total number still puts Phuket well below the national average but still...

5 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Had the 7 been vaccinated?

You would need to ask the Phuket Health Dept that question, had any of the 27 who have died since 1st April been vaccinated? Information not revealed although they must know

5 minutes ago, Macrohistory said:

Utter garbage.  It has taken massive human intervention to bring about this reduction in Thailand.

 

Bring down by how much and at the cost of what?  Define with a #.

10% vaccinated and people still roaming the streets and packed BTS/MRT.  Late vaccination so not even reflective of the downtrend.

Trends across countries don't lie.

8 minutes ago, Why Me said:

Died of Covid but you have to look at the victim's age/comorbidities to see how much damage the virus did. To put it crudely, 7 70 year-olds dying is a lot less worrisome than 7 17 year-olds.

Do you have those stats? No so officially 7 deaths via covid in 2 days, simple enough for you.......

4 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Do you have those stats? No so officially 7 deaths via covid in 2 days, simple enough for you.......

But it is odd that given the high vaccination levels in Phuket, there are suddenly 7 deaths in the past few days. Still, it could just be an anomaly. As you pointed out, not enough information is being shared.

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Good news.  What is the number that will allow a province to be moved from dark-red to just red?

I am sorry to say I think it is a lot less than 703 we are seeing in Chonburi.....it was 500/day and rising when they went deep red. 

13 minutes ago, TooMuchTime said:

Bring down by how much and at the cost of what?  Define with a #.

10% vaccinated and people still roaming the streets and packed BTS/MRT.  Late vaccination so not even reflective of the downtrend.

Trends across countries don't lie.

Explain the Hong Kong result.  Explain the Taiwan result.  All the rest is just mindless libertarian fantasy.

 

4 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Those figures do look solid.

Holds true to the idea that as viruses mutate they become more transmissible but less lethal.  It makes sense that a virus will have mutations that do not quickly kill their host become the dominant strain.

 

Survival rates of below 50 have always been high because young people never had much of an issue with corona.  Older people survivability has become higher over time due to less deadly strains, weak subset of elderly population dying early, knowledge on how to treat patients, and vaccines.

 

Just like with the flu, younger people are generally safe while older people are recommended to take the vaccine and take precautions.

 

Even in news reporting they have been harping on case count while ignoring death rate.

55 minutes ago, TooMuchTime said:

Obvious cases are going down just as everyone knew a week ago as the curve flattened.

list 4 things that have changed in the last 2 weeks then pick the one that is most likely to have caused the drop in detections

1 minute ago, TooMuchTime said:

Holds true to the idea that as viruses mutate they become more transmissible but less lethal.  It makes sense that a virus will have mutations that do not quickly kill their host become the dominant strain.

 

Survival rates of below 50 have always been high because young people never had much of an issue with corona.  Older people survivability has become higher over time due to less deadly strains, weak subset of elderly population dying early, knowledge on how to treat patients, and vaccines.

 

Just like with the flu, younger people are generally safe while older people are recommended to take the vaccine and take precautions.

 

Even in news reporting they have been harping on case count while ignoring death rate.

Some good data posted. Thanks for sharing.

 

 Nice to see a different perspective with real numbers. 

Just now, TooMuchTime said:

Holds true to the idea that as viruses mutate they become more transmissible but less lethal.  It makes sense that a virus will have mutations that do not quickly their host become the dominant strain.

 

Survival rates of below 50 have always been high because young people never had much of an issue with corona.  Older people survivability has become higher over time due to less deadly strains, weak subset of elderly population dying early, knowledge on how to treat patients, and vaccines.

 

Just like with the flu, younger people are generally safe while older people are recommended to take the vaccine and take precautions.

 

Even in news reporting they have been harping on case count while ignoring death rate.

Actually, the idea that viruses become less dangerous over time is open to question. 

https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-011488089270

I've seen this discussed elsewhere too more technically. It turns out to have much basis in actual observations.

Recovered Covid-19 patients urged to go for regular kidney checkups

 

Patients who have been cured of Covid-19 should receive kidney checkups regularly, as they are at risk of their kidney losing efficiency, Dr Anutra Chittinandana, president of the Royal College of Physicians of Thailand, posted on his Facebook on Sunday.

 

“A study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology on kidney outcomes in long Covid-19 patients has compared 89,216 recovered Covid-19 patients with 1,637,467 people who have never been infected,” he said in the post.

 

“After six months, the study found that the rates of Acute Kidney Injury, End Stage Kidney Disease and Major Adverse Kidney Events have increased among recovered Covid-19 patients, especially those who had been hospitalised and stayed in ICU.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40005762

1 minute ago, placeholder said:

Actually, the idea that viruses become less dangerous over time is open to question. 

https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-011488089270

I've seen this discussed elsewhere too more technically. It turns out to have much basis in actual observations.

CLAIM: No virus has ever mutated to become more lethal. As viruses mutate, they become less lethal.

 

Notice the wording they used.  The claim is it never happens.   Yes it happens, but for the most part, they become less deadly as the deadly strains don't last long.  Also you will see a completely different tone and less bias when searching for results before 2020.

45 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

You would need to ask the Phuket Health Dept that question, had any of the 27 who have died since 1st April been vaccinated? Information not revealed although they must know

although Phuket was a focus point for tourism it is now a very good example of how effective Thailands vaccine program is if the whole population was vaxed in the same way - they are now seeing 1500+ cases a week and that is with limited testing, for me that tells a lot about how things will lookk when the whole country is vaxed in a similar way.  It doesn't look good does it