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Thailand on Friday (September 17) reported 14,555 new COVID-19 cases, 13,691 recoveries and 171 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

● 13,691 recoveries

● 13,765 new infections 

● 790 prison / prison infections

 

Friday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 1,448,792 with 15,124 deaths.

 

(Total infections since April 1: 1,419,929)

 

The news comes as Dr. Prasit Watanapa, dean of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital of Mahidol University, is suggesting that the government take the “Phuket Sandbox” scheme into account before reopening borders on October 1st, cautioning that the country is not yet ready, due to low rates of vaccination.

 

The reopening date should be pushed back a 1 month to ensure that Thailand is ready.

 

His remark on Thursday comes as four more provinces – Chiang Mai, Chon Buri, Prachuap Khriri Khan, and Phetchaburi are set to welcome fully vaccinated COVID-negative international arrivals from Oct 1st and Bangkok to follow from October 15th.

 

 

 

 

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Large spike from infections in prisons yesterday, they've had months to take effective measures to control the spreads there but unfortunately neglect this portion of the community in a similar way to the migrants. 

 

Continuous uptick in community cases for the last 4 days.

 

PCR test positive cases, total of 14,555 official new infections, with 790 of those from prison and 13,765 from the community. 171 official covid deaths recorded. 

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 1,630 bringing the unofficial total to 16,185

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

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 15th Sept) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases from daily official announcements.

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

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1438665638537404420

 

So the numbers are starting to increase again every day albeit slightly but the signs are there .

Chonburi Public Health Office is reporting 935 new cases today and 12 deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (142), Si Racha (151), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (152), and Ban Beung (141). There are 13,701 patients in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1438649431079804933

Phuket health authorities are reporting 236 new local cases , two cases from the Sandbox and five deaths. There are 3,621 patients in care . The #PhuketSandbox has had 95 cases since 1st July #COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1438649716879753225

For the second day in a row, the number of new cases has been greater than people discharged from care. Were restrictions eased too soon? Or are we still on a downward trend which will lead to the opening of the country in October? #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1438669879582756865

 

UPDATE: 14,555 confirmed cases, 1,630 probable cases, and 171 deaths (1.04%). Out of 129,421 patients , 44,439 are in hospital, 65,630 in ‘hospitel’ and 13,382 in home/community isolation. 3,851 in a serious condition (-60) with 787 on ventilators (-1) #Thailand #COVID19

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1438668778095534080

1 minute ago, anchadian said:

UPDATE: 14,555 confirmed cases, 1,630 probable cases, and 171 deaths (1.04%). Out of 129,421 patients , 44,439 are in hospital, 65,630 in ‘hospitel’ and 13,382 in home/community isolation. 3,851 in a serious condition (-60) with 787 on ventilators (-1) #Thailand #COVID19

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1438668778095534080

 

For the second day in a row, the number of new cases has been greater than people discharged from care. Were restrictions eased too soon? Or are we still on a downward trend which will lead to the opening of the country in October? #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1438669879582756865

Latest situation report from WHO Thailand

 

Although the reduced numbers of severe and ventilated cases are very welcome, they still represent a high workload for front-line health care professionals. In addition, when many beds on Intensive Care Units are still occupied by COVID cases, there is also an impact on the provision of health care for other patients. For example, some planned surgery might have to be deferred because we know that people who have complicated operations routinely need to spend time on an intensive care to help with their recovery. The impact of COVID-19 on other ‘essential’ healthcare services in Thailand also continues to be significant. In addition, although daily reported COVID-19 case numbers appear to have stablised to a degree, the relative proportion of all cases that are being reported in Bangkok remains high.

 

There are also increases in case numbers being reported in some other locations, including some such as Phuket that have relatively high vaccination rates. It is now just a few weeks since the relaxation of many key Public Health and Social Measures in Thailand . Although case numbers are the lowest for several months, there is still significant transmission occurring in many communities and current levels of vaccination in Thailand are still much lower than the levels needed to achieve ‘herd immunity’.

 

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/searo/thailand/2021_09_16_eng-sitrep-201-covid19.pdf?sfvrsn=3a249ade_5

8 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

 

For the second day in a row, the number of new cases has been greater than people discharged from care. Were restrictions eased too soon? Or are we still on a downward trend which will lead to the opening of the country in October? #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1438669879582756865

A quite obvious downward trend.  y=mx+b. 

Just now, TooMuchTime said:

A quite obvious downward trend.  y=mx+b. 

Macro levels it is not

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Macro levels it is not

3 minutes ago, TooMuchTime said:

Maybe it needs explaining to you a little more, the overall trend on 7 day rolling average is quite obviously on a downward trend particulry as its 2 days behind its data point the last one of which is the 15th Sept.

 

The macro levels from the 13th Sept to yesterday is ticking up.

23 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Phuket health authorities are reporting 236 new local cases , two cases from the Sandbox and five deaths. There are 3,621 patients in care . The #PhuketSandbox has had 95 cases since 1st July #COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1438649716879753225

So according to the news - only about 250 beds (10%) were available, with 236 new cases this 10% must now be in single figures. "Tourists" be aware there will soon be no capacity in the medical system in Phuket.

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Maybe it needs explaining to you a little more, the overall trend on 7 day rolling average is quite obviously on a downward trend particulry as its 2 days behind its data point the last one of which is the 15th Sept.

 

The macro levels from the 13th Sept to yesterday is ticking up.

I would say a few days is micro.  Using a few days to predict the future isn't very smart.  I hope you never apply that logic to the stock market.

I can see many clusters of the green bars increasing in that graph while still having an overall down trend.  The green bars go up, then flat, then fall back down with the trend.

 

Sorry but it is very likely from historical data everywhere else in the world that in one month's time, the 7day case count will be lower.

Just now, TooMuchTime said:

I would say a few days is micro.  Using a few days to predict the future isn't very smart.  I hope you never apply that logic to the stock market.

I can see many clusters of the green bars increasing in that graph while still having an overall down trend.  The green bars go up, then flat, then fall back down with the trend.

 

Sorry but it is very likely from historical data everywhere else in the world that in one month's time, the 7day case count will be lower.

Nobody including me was predicting the future, they are noting the change and uptick in infections for the last 4 days. Its called monitoring the situation, much like WHO has done in its latest update report just published.

yesterday in a prison there was an outbreak with many new cases and probably new cases. In the article they wrote that 64 prisoners got a Rapid test and after they tested positive they got a PCR test . This test confirmed the 64 cases to be positive. I therefor alwys will count the two tests together and than you will see un upward trend in cases. Everyone has to believe his own truth , and with the manipulated numbers there is no check if you are right or wrong, but for me I am still worried to see numbers rise

Yep, the October 1 reopening is dead, not good for Prayut, so he reopened the watches case.

 

12 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

yesterday in a prison there was an outbreak with many new cases and probably new cases. In the article they wrote that 64 prisoners got a Rapid test and after they tested positive they got a PCR test . This test confirmed the 64 cases to be positive. I therefor alwys will count the two tests together and than you will see un upward trend in cases. Everyone has to believe his own truth , and with the manipulated numbers there is no check if you are right or wrong, but for me I am still worried to see numbers rise

Yes, and I'm hearing these numbers are expected to soar.

 

New Covid-19 cases and related deaths in Southeast Asia were slightly higher on Thursday compared to the previous day, collated data showed. #Asean #COVID19 #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40006261

43 minutes ago, Scrotobike said:

So according to the news - only about 250 beds (10%) were available, with 236 new cases this 10% must now be in single figures. "Tourists" be aware there will soon be no capacity in the medical system in Phuket.

Just updated

 

The percentage of hospital beds reported as occupied stood at 87.19%, only a marginal shift from the 89.14% reported yesterday.

The number of hospital beds reported as remaining available rose by just one, from 276 to 277, representing 12.81% of the now-confirmed flexible daily total number of beds designated for COVID patients.

The report marked that of the COVID patients in care 35 were designated as ‘Red patients’, an oddity showing zero change from yesterday, despite five COVID deaths marked on the same day.

https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-marks-236-new-covid-cases-five-deaths-81426.php

1 hour ago, keith101 said:

So the numbers are starting to increase again every day albeit slightly but the signs are there .

Indeed - up, then down, then up again.  We have to learn to live with it.  

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Thailand on Friday (September 17) reported 14,555 new COVID-19 cases, 13,691 recoveries and 171 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

Why are the antigen 1630 positive tests not included in the daily reported figures in this headline by webfact, are they not considered relevant by asean now reporting standards.?

 

The actual figures released total is 16,185.

18 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Just updated

 

The percentage of hospital beds reported as occupied stood at 87.19%, only a marginal shift from the 89.14% reported yesterday.

The number of hospital beds reported as remaining available rose by just one, from 276 to 277, representing 12.81% of the now-confirmed flexible daily total number of beds designated for COVID patients.

The report marked that of the COVID patients in care 35 were designated as ‘Red patients’, an oddity showing zero change from yesterday, despite five COVID deaths marked on the same day.

https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-marks-236-new-covid-cases-five-deaths-81426.php

Still the hospitals are creaking in Phuket - "tourists" be aware treatment for anything will prove difficult.

 

18 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Indeed - up, then down, then up again.  We have to learn to live with it.  

Tell that to the people who are dying

 

31 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Indeed - up, then down, then up again.  We have to learn to live with it.  

'Learn to live with it' is a mantra that is most appropriately used by countries with very high vaccination rates. Before then, the phrase 'learn to die with it' would perhaps be more apt when viewed across the whole population.  And no country did this; always there came a time when the hospitals became so overwhelmed that lockdown became necessary.

 

I'm surprised that a poster of your knowledge and intelligence just can't see this.

I certainly wouldn't enjoy making plans, flight details, etc, for a holiday in Thailand under the present circumstances:

 

The Public Health Ministry has yet to greenlight the move to scrap quarantine requirement for foreign visitors even as the proposed date for the reopening of Bangkok looms.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40006271

 

 

how are the vaccinations going?

 

how much % rise this week compared with the week before?

5 minutes ago, cyril sneer said:

how are the vaccinations going?

 

how much % rise this week compared with the week before?

Vaccinations administered over the last week at close of business on 15 Sept.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1438383274552741889

 

Updated daily.

5 minutes ago, cyril sneer said:

how are the vaccinations going?

 

how much % rise this week compared with the week before?

about the same... maybe slightly down

Perhaps to be expected as the latest vaccines are not being supplied at the same rate as Sinovac.

Hopefully Thai produced AZ ramps up

https://covidvax.live/location/tha