Phuket marks 219 new cases

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By The Phuket News

 

PHUKET: The latest Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) daily COVID situation report has marked 219 new local infections confirmed across the island yesterday (Sept.8) bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 6,180.

 

The PPHO report, marked as accurate as of 11:55pm last night, marked no new cases of Phuket Sandbox tourists being confirmed as infected.

 

However, the report marked one new death attributed to COVID-19 for yesterday, bringing the total number of deaths in Phuket attributed to COVID-19 since last Saturday (Sept 4) to 11.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-marks-219-new-cases-81335.php

 

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[Khun Yogi]

And they keep pushing the sandpit. The situation was meant to be reviewed if they reached 90/ day.

[kimamey]

That's lower than previous days although it may just be an outlier. We need to see how the figures go over the the following days to get a better picture but hopefully it's the start of a favourable trend.

[DrDave]

3 hours ago, Khun Yogi said:

And they keep pushing the sandpit. The situation was meant to be reviewed if they reached 90/ day.

It was actually 90 per week. They've since weaseled around that number to the point that virtually any number of infections won't have an impact upon the sandbox.