COVID-19: Thailand reports 12,583 new coronavirus cases and 16,304 recoveries

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Thailand on Monday (September 13) reported 12,583 new COVID-19 cases, 16,304 recoveries and 132 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

● 16,304 recoveries

● 12,420 new infections 

● 163 prison / prison infections

 

Monday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 1,394,756 with 14,485 deaths.

 

(Total infections since April 1: 1,365,893)

 

The news comes as Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is going to vaccinate students aged 12-18, starting on September 21st, while other provinces will start on October 1st.

 

Students aged 12-18 with one of the listed chronic diseases, and studying in one of 437 schools under the supervision of the BMA, have already been scheduled to get vaccinated at Navamindradhiraj University starting September 21st. Previously, this group of students was required to supply information needed to register for the vaccine, as a precursor to being diagnosed by a doctor for safety purposes.

 

The Royal College of Pediatricians of Thailand, has suggested to the BMA that students aged 12-16 years old should be vaccinated only if they are in a vulnerable group such as by being obese, or having a chronic respiratory disease, Coronary Artery Disease, being at risk of Stroke, Chronic kidney disease, Cancer and Immunodeficiency illnesses, Diabetes, or one of the genetic disorders including Down syndrome. 

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[anchadian]

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1437215555627347974

 

[Bkk Brian]

Good decrease in official numbers along with covid deaths now following a clear downward trend, large spike in ATK positive tests

 

PCR test positive cases, total of 12,583 official new infections, with just 163 of those from prison and 12,420 from the community. 132 official covid deaths recorded. 

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 6,436 bringing the unofficial total to 19,019

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

 

Number of tests or positivity rate has not been updated.

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 11th Sept) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases from daily official announcements.

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

[anchadian]

Chonburi Public Health Office is reporting 650 new cases today and 1 death. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (94), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (133), and Si Racha (237). There are 13,490 patients in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1437203753086586882

 

[anchadian]

Phuket health authorities are reporting 245 new local cases , zero cases from the Sandbox and no deaths. There are 3,247 patients in care . The #PhuketSandbox has had 89 cases since 1st July #COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1437203967176429569

Edited September 13, 2021 by anchadian

[DaveSamutP]

I suppose it's good news that things are trending down now for some time. However, it will mean very little when they start relaxing restrictions with the vaccination rates (with good vaccines, not Chinese vaccines) so low. In every other country, the cases spike less than a week after relaxing restrictions.

[edwinchester]

So 19,000 new cases, outnumbering recoveries.

Looking at the chart for combined PCR and RAT cases the recent trend is clearly up.

Edited September 13, 2021 by edwinchester

[smedly]

5 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

So 19,000 new cases, outnumbering recoveries.

Looking at the chart for combined PCR and RAT cases the trend is clearly up.

exactly but somehow rapid tests don't count

 

not sure of rapid test accuracy in Thailand but this from the UK NHS

 

Research shows rapid tests are 99.9% accurate. This means the chance of getting a false-positive result (where the result shows as positive but is actually negative) is extremely low.

[mockingbird]

9 minutes ago, DaveSamutP said:

I suppose it's good news that things are trending down now for some time. However, it will mean very little when they start relaxing restrictions with the vaccination rates (with good vaccines, not Chinese vaccines) so low. In every other country, the cases spike less than a week after relaxing restrictions.

You sound disappointed. Try and be a bit more positive. You 'suppose' it's good news. A downward trend in infections is good news. Period.

 

As for the rest of your doomy post...they started easing restriction s 2 weeks ago, and the world hasn't caved in.

[anchadian]

Container arrived with donation of medicine to treat #COVID19 patients. Welcoming monoclonal antibody products worth ca 150 Mio. Baht today together with

@MFAThai, Department of Disease Control #DDC and #RoyalThaiCustoms

 

https://twitter.com/GermanAmbTHA/status/1437220401474531328

 

[anchadian]

Southeast Asia saw a decline in new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the lowest in four days, but deaths were higher, collated data showed. #Asean #COVID19 #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40006048

[anchadian]

UPDATE: 12,583 confirmed cases, 6,436 probable cases, and 132 deaths (1.04%). Out of 132,113 patients, 38,046 in hospital, 67,869 in ‘hospitel’ and 20,483 in home/community isolation. 4,096 in a serious condition (-7) with 835 on ventilators (-21) #Thailand #COVID19

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1437230178871103488

[ThailandRyan]

Downward they are going as far as those PCR tested. While half as many positives are from the ATK tests and thus not included as a case for the official numbers. But here's the thing, they may just be asymptomatic, but they can still spread the virus.  The true numbers are not shown because in actuality they have no true idea. They have basically stopped testing outside of walk ins and a few others. Hey if they feel the numbers are good enough to reopen the country in just a little over 2 weeks, I wish them well and hope the hospitals are ready for possible increases in numbers. Still lagging on vaccinations but they are jabbing folks just not the 1 million a day Anutin said would be happening.

 

Stay safe folks, do your due diligence and keep your distances from others. Lumpini Park  this morning was fairly empty so we visited the wildlife.

Edited September 13, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[Pravda]

15 minutes ago, mockingbird said:

You sound disappointed. Try and be a bit more positive. You 'suppose' it's good news. A downward trend in infections is good news. Period.

 

As for the rest of your doomy post...they started easing restriction s 2 weeks ago, and the world hasn't caved in.

 

I am fully against lockdowns and hell let Thailand allow all vaccinated tourist in without quarantine.

 

I just have issue with numbers. They are a lie.

Edited September 13, 2021 by Pravda

[drenddy]

What's the point in posting daily infections numbers, honestly?

 

 

[smedly]

19 minutes ago, mockingbird said:

You sound disappointed. Try and be a bit more positive. You 'suppose' it's good news. A downward trend in infections is good news. Period.

actual infections and detections are two different things 

 

number of tests determine detections but unless done in huge numbers neither represent the true spread of infections

 

so since you think this so called downward trend you are praising is great - how many infections are there in Thailand and how would "YOU" go about finding out - do share, really intersted on your insight

[ikke1959]

26 minutes ago, mockingbird said:

You sound disappointed. Try and be a bit more positive. You 'suppose' it's good news. A downward trend in infections is good news. Period.

 

As for the rest of your doomy post...they started easing restriction s 2 weeks ago, and the world hasn't caved in.

There is no downward trend in infections.. I am sorry... They decreased the testing numbers and split the new cases in PCR and Rapid tests, which are nowhere seen back in any number in the days coming... But they are tested positive. So today in fact 19.000 cases is more thanusual on a Saturday or Sunday and despite the ease of the lockdown the numbers will be higher ... It is not negative it is realistic.. 

[Bkk Brian]

55 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Phuket health authorities are reporting 245 new local cases , zero cases from the Sandbox and no deaths. There are 3,247 patients in care . The #PhuketSandbox has had 89 cases since 1st July #COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1437203967176429569

Finally a day with no reported deaths, although transparency, number fudging and incompetence in communication is now beyond reasoning from the daily updates provided by the Phuket Governor.

 

"The total number of hospital beds occupied by COVID patients in Phuket now stands at 2,244 (+177) or 88.28% of the total number of beds. The number of hospital beds remaining available fell to 298, or just 11.72% of the total number of beds designated for COVID patients."

 

"The report marked that of the COVID patients in care 34 were designated as ‘Red patients’ (zero change); 338 were designated ‘Yellow’ patients (zero change) and 711 were ‘Green’ patients (+20)."

https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-marks-245-new-covid-cases-81380.php

Edited September 13, 2021 by Bkk Brian

[Nojohndoe]

Let the downward trend long continue. Given that the local "restrictions" in place are generally randomly rhetorically enforced overall  hopefully any alarming spike will not occur once they are reduced.

[smedly]

11 minutes ago, drenddy said:

What's the point in posting daily infections numbers, honestly?

 

 

some western countries were talking about moving away from mass testing because of their vaccination status but have determined for now that the data is still useful as a measure of vaccine efficacy - all the gathered data is extemely useful in determining the direction of the pandemic and at what point it is no longer a pandemic but becomes endemic

[buick]

that relatively low death number looks good.  but we know the monday figures are usually lower than the rest of the week.  let's hope we can see deaths under 200 several days this week. 

 

of course there will be an increase in cases due to the relaxation of the lockdown restrictions.  but maybe the death numbers will remain below a 7 day average daily number of 250.  that would be a good sign.  alot of people have been vaccinated over the last few weeks and while that doesn't help much on case counts it can help alot on the death numbers.  if all we had was cases, this would be a 'normal flu', so cases don't mean much.  the deaths are the obvious problem. 

[buick]

17 minutes ago, drenddy said:

What's the point in posting daily infections numbers, honestly?

 

 

it is a nearly useless number but alot of members on this forum live by it.  we have no way of knowing how many infections are out there.  you can run massive testing programs and still not really know (unless you do it the china way).  testing helps when the virus first hits but once it is widespread, it isn't that critical.

[drenddy]

2 minutes ago, smedly said:

some western countries were talking about moving away from mass testing because of their vaccination status but have determined for now that the data is still useful as a measure of vaccine efficacy - all the gathered data is extemely useful in determining the direction of the pandemic and at what point it is no longer a pandemic but becomes endemic

 It is mainly used as a tool for control by creating a permanent state of danger.

[MajorTom]

4 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

There is no downward trend in infections.. I am sorry... They decreased the testing numbers and split the new cases in PCR and Rapid tests, which are nowhere seen back in any number in the days coming... But they are tested positive. So today in fact 19.000 cases is more thanusual on a Saturday or Sunday and despite the ease of the lockdown the numbers will be higher ... It is not negative it is realistic.. 

Fair point. Where is this information published?

Number of PCR tests done per day and test positivity rate? How many PCR tests have been replaced by ATK?

[mockingbird]

11 minutes ago, smedly said:

actual infections and detections are two different things 

 

number of tests determine detections but unless done in huge numbers neither represent the true spread of infections

 

so since you think this so called downward trend you are praising is great - how many infections are there in Thailand and how would "YOU" go about finding out - do share, really intersted on your insight

What are you babbling on about?  Nobody knows actual numbers of infections, in any country. 

The one thing that this pandemic has highlighted, to me at least, is that the world is full of glass half empty doom and gloom merchants, who just live to wallow in misery.

[Danderman123]

6 minutes ago, drenddy said:

 It is mainly used as a tool for control by creating a permanent state of danger.

Tin foil hat stuff. 

 

If you were in charge, wouldn't you want to know the extent of infections?  

[smedly]

6 minutes ago, buick said:

it is a nearly useless number but alot of members on this forum live by it.  we have no way of knowing how many infections are out there.  you can run massive testing programs and still not really know (unless you do it the china way).  testing helps when the virus first hits but once it is widespread, it isn't that critical.

your post is generally correct but the problem is what a governement then does with the data - the virus in Thailand is very obviously widespread but they are using the data to deny that and open the country up in 2 weeks - that is the difference  

[Danderman123]

7 minutes ago, buick said:

it is a nearly useless number but alot of members on this forum live by it.  we have no way of knowing how many infections are out there.  you can run massive testing programs and still not really know (unless you do it the china way).  testing helps when the virus first hits but once it is widespread, it isn't that critical.

So, if you had limited numbers of vaccines, you wouldn't want to know which areas had the highest infection rates, so you could vaccinate those areas first? 

[smedly]

2 minutes ago, mockingbird said:

What are you babbling on about?  Nobody knows actual numbers of infections, in any country. 

rubbish - the UK can and has very accurately determined infection rates across the whole population - they are pretty open and honest about it

[Mr Meeseeks]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Rapid tests positive cases, 6,436 bringing the unofficial total to 19,019

For a brief moment there I thought things were actually improving, not actual test results being left out of the 'official' totals combined with an almost complete lack of pro-active testing, in order to open the country back up within an absurd schedule that appears to defy logic and throws caution to the wind. 

 

Silly me. ????????????

Edited September 13, 2021 by Mr Meeseeks