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Thailand on Wednesday (September 8 ) reported 14,176 new COVID-19 cases, 16,769 recoveries and 228 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

● 16,769 recoveries

● 13,670 new infections 

● 506 prison / prison infections

 

Wednesday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 1,322,519 with 13,511 deaths.

 

(Total infections since April 1: 1,293,656)

 

The news comes as Thailand’s hospitality industry is struggling with waves of the Covid-19 pandemic, however, various government measures recently launched are expected to turn around the situation, as flights resume and a more effective vaccination rollout is being implemented.

 

The tourism sector and related businesses such as air travel and restaurants are among the hardest hit by the pandemic. Government agencies have since issued strong measures to help revive and transform such activities in order to respond to post Covid-19 demand.

 

 

 

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PCR test positive cases, total of 14,176 official new infections, with 506 of those from prison and 13,670 from the community. 228 official covid deaths recorded. 

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 2,372 bringing the unofficial total to 16,548

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

 

46,036 official pcr tests carried out yesterday.

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 6th Sept) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases from daily official announcements.

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

Chonburi Public Health Office is reporting 846 new cases today and 20 more deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (171), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (149), and Si Racha (237). There are 13,579 patients in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1435391798470270978

Phuket health authorities are reporting 234 new local cases , zero cases from the Sandbox and two deaths. There are now 2,993 patients in care . The #PhuketSandbox has had 88 cases since 1st July #COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1435392016523751424

UPDATE: 14,176 confirmed cases. 2,372 probable cases. 7-day testing average is 46,036. Out of 142,644 patients, 42,034 in hospital, 68,326 in hospitel and 28,652 in home/community isolation. 4,387 in a serious condition (-100) with 960 on ventilators (-25) #Thailand #COVID19

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1435408286384230401

The number of Covid-19 cases in Southeast Asia crossed 10.6 million, with 75,473 new cases reported on Tuesday, higher than Monday’s tally of 74,233. #Asean #COVID19 #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40005846

Things are getting better now that malls have opened.

Vietnam to move ahead of Thailand at some point. Only total cumulative cases below Thailand.

Daily + and deaths move ahead of Thailand and that's with tough lockdown.

The numbers have been basically flat for a week or so. I don’t know what that means for the future.

3 minutes ago, Pravda said:

Things are getting better now that malls have opened.

It's not just the malls either. Now that people can finally get a haircut again, the place almost looks civilized.

Slight uptick, but still in a semi flatline status. Phukets numbers still in the 200's daily.  Today I arrived at BNH hospital for a small dental procedure, and saw that the Emergency room was closed off. Not sure why, entrance from the street also closed,  with quite a few ambulances in the bays. Scanning and checking everyone entering the main lobby as well with quite a few folks queuing up.  They are doing vaccinations today here as well.  Saw an article on the news before I left that indicated the countries hotels are in a right bind with many not expecting they can open up soon enough to save themselves and are looking at retooling their business models, whatever that means. 

4 minutes ago, Caldera said:

It's not just the malls either. Now that people can finally get a haircut again, the place almost looks civilized.

Can have a haircut and yet can't have a beer in open air bar. 

I'm living in a religious zone? 

2 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Can have a haircut and yet can't have a beer in open air bar. 

I'm living in a religious zone? 

It's an authoritarian regime with almost absolute power under the emergency decree. 

 

Alcohol is always the easy target when it comes to appeasing the conservative, middle class voter base that props up Bangkok but has no real voice upcountry. 

 

In saying that, the purges by Purachai under Thaksin in the early 00's will always be remembered as the end of the halcyon days of Thailand's entertainment industry. Things have never been the same again since. Boy was it wild. 

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9 minutes ago, TooMuchTime said:

Time to see Thailand opening up fully on Jan 1 2022.

Only if vaccination targets among locals are met and after an assessment of the health services' ability to cope going forward.

 

Rather than just throwing hopeful dates out there they would be far better adopting a risk-based approach to opening.

 

Of course if a risk-based approach had been utilised from the beginning and not the pin the tail on the donkey bafflement we continue to witness, there may have been a far better chance of opening far sooner or, *whispers in hushed tones* no need to have closed down everything in the first place...

Uh oh, slight uptick.

 

Seriously guys nearly 40% of the tests are positive. The testing capacity is so low. 

 

Can you imagine the numbers if they were doing a million tests A DAY like they do in the UK. 

45 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

The numbers have been basically flat for a week or so. I don’t know what that means for the future.

There does however, seem to be a gradual rise in the number of Prison Inmates that are becoming Infected.

The overcrowded prisons are not the best place to have Covid outbreaks, and many , many people in these Jails are at risk with a Prison population of 300 K in Thailand.

46 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Slight uptick, but still in a semi flatline status. Phukets numbers still in the 200's daily.  Today I arrived at BNH hospital for a small dental procedure, and saw that the Emergency room was closed off. Not sure why, entrance from the street also closed,  with quite a few ambulances in the bays. Scanning and checking everyone entering the main lobby as well with quite a few folks queuing up.  They are doing vaccinations today here as well.  Saw an article on the news before I left that indicated the countries hotels are in a right bind with many not expecting they can open up soon enough to save themselves and are looking at retooling their business models, whatever that means. 

The Hotels, and associated Supply Chain, will still be in a " bind " even if the Country fully reopens on 15th October.

There will be insufficient numbers of Tourists to support all the Hotels, so occupancy will be very low.

I am sure many will not even bother to reopen, hence the retooling , because to employ Staff, and running overheads,  will be far more costly than the revenue generated from the few Tourists that will be available .

Retooling their Business model to me, would probably mean closing the doors as a Hotel, and reopen as a Condotel, or even a Condo.

This makes sense to me, as room occupancy from Tourists will b very low, money can be generated with very little revamping or change to structure. of the Business.

Just my thoughts

With the 40% test positivity, this could essentially mean they could be having cases in the 100,000's - if they were doing a million tests a day like the UK. 

 

46,000 tests carried out, and 40% positivity rate is ridiculously awful. They simply have no idea how widespread it is. 

1 minute ago, DonniePeverley said:

With the 40% test positivity, this could essentially mean they could be having cases in the 100,000's - if they were doing a million tests a day like the UK. 

 

46,000 tests carried out, and 40% positivity rate is ridiculously awful. They simply have no idea how widespread it is. 

It is what many of us have discussed many times over and is commented on daily. 

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

It is what many of us have discussed many times over and is commented on daily. 

 

It makes a mockery out of these 'worlddata' type collection on covid rates. When you have one country doing a million tests a day, and the other with the same population doing 40,000 tests (with a 40% positivity rate) it makes a complete mockery out of the whole thing.

 

I literally have people arguing "well Thailand doesn't have as many cases as the UK". 

 

Why has Thailand not ramped up it's testing ?

42 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

There does however, seem to be a gradual rise in the number of Prison Inmates that are becoming Infected.

The overcrowded prisons are not the best place to have Covid outbreaks, and many , many people in these Jails are at risk with a Prison population of 300 K in Thailand.

I would be interested in a study about the few inmates who never get infected. 

Thailand launches mass Covid-19 testing in Bangkok's biggest slum

 

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BANGKOK (AFP) - For families struggling to survive on US$150 (S$202) a month in Bangkok's biggest slum, coronavirus swab tests are a luxury that few can afford.

 

The Khlong Toei slum, where an estimated 100,000 people live packed into tiny, overcrowded dwellings, has been a major concern as Thailand battles its third wave of the pandemic.

 

Now the Bangkok Community Help Foundation, a charity, has launched a mass testing drive to try to identify cases and help stop Khlong Toei from becoming a reservoir that reinfects the whole city.

 

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/thailand-launches-mass-covid-19-testing-in-bangkoks-biggest-slum

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Only if vaccination targets among locals are met and after an assessment of the health services' ability to cope going forward.

 

Rather than just throwing hopeful dates out there they would be far better adopting a risk-based approach to opening.

 

Of course if a risk-based approach had been utilised from the beginning and not the pin the tail on the donkey bafflement we continue to witness, there may have been a far better chance of opening far sooner or, *whispers in hushed tones* no need to have closed down everything in the first place...

Or at least, "we will open when X percent are fully vaccinated, and the positivity rate is below 3 percent". 

48 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

Why has Thailand not ramped up it's testing ?

Because they simply dont want to reveal and deal with the true situation and the policy of denial and delusion is their preferred method of Covid management.

 

Sometimes i think we get swept along with the Thai people into this almost brain washed complacent acceptance of the ludicrous fallacy that because Thailand is a relaxed happy party destination it has been given virtual exemption from the pandemic......the reality is sadly very different.

 

As others have already mentioned, only a miniscule 40k tested a day from a population of  circa 70 million and returning a positive test rate of 35% is evidence all is far from well and the country should not be opened up or restrictions lifted until 80% of people are vaccinated fully with a decent vaccine.

 

 

50 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

Why has Thailand not ramped up it's testing ?

What's the point? 

 

 

2 hours ago, Pravda said:

Things are getting better now that malls have opened.

...and restaurants.  Now they just need to open the schools.

55 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Thailand launches mass Covid-19 testing in Bangkok's biggest slum

 

PUBLISHED

15 MIN AGO

 

BANGKOK (AFP) - For families struggling to survive on US$150 (S$202) a month in Bangkok's biggest slum, coronavirus swab tests are a luxury that few can afford.

 

The Khlong Toei slum, where an estimated 100,000 people live packed into tiny, overcrowded dwellings, has been a major concern as Thailand battles its third wave of the pandemic.

 

Now the Bangkok Community Help Foundation, a charity, has launched a mass testing drive to try to identify cases and help stop Khlong Toei from becoming a reservoir that reinfects the whole city.

 

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/thailand-launches-mass-covid-19-testing-in-bangkoks-biggest-slum

 

 

 

I thought they vaccinated them all after the last outbreak in khlong toei. Or did I miss something.

1 hour ago, DonniePeverley said:

Why has Thailand not ramped up it's testing ?

Because it doesn't want the numbers to go up.