COVID-19: Thailand reports again decreasing coronavirus cases and deaths

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Thailand on Monday (September 20) reported 12,709 new COVID-19 cases, 11,125 recoveries and 106 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

◼︎ 11,125 recoveries

◼︎ 11,851 new infections 

◼︎ 858 prison / prison infections

 

▶︎ Total infections since April 1: 1,460,323

▶︎ Total recoveries since since April 1: 1,313,718

 

Monday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 1,489,186 with 15,469 deaths.

 

The news comes as Thailand’s Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA) has announced an official agreement with ZP Therapeutics, a division of Zuellig Pharma, over the supply and distribution of 8 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Thailand.

 

CRA Secretary-General Dr. Nithi Mahanonda said the academy aims to use the vaccines as prime and booster vaccinations. A proportion of the vaccines will be allocated to people from vulnerable and underprivileged groups after approval.

 

 

 

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[Bkk Brian]

PCR test positive cases, total of 12,709 official new infections, with 858 of those from prison and 11,851 from the community. 106 official covid deaths recorded. 

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 1,723 bringing the unofficial total to 14,432

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

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 18th Sept) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases from daily official announcements.

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

[anchadian]

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1439752299526561792

 

[anchadian]

Chonburi Public Health Office is reporting 532 new cases today and 2 deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (131), Si Racha (101), and Bang Lamung/Pattaya (134). There are 13,391 patients in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1439736958721220609

[anchadian]

Phuket health authorities are reporting 228 new local cases , two cases from the Sandbox and four deaths. There are 3,866 patients in care . The #PhuketSandbox has had 98 cases since 1st July #COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1439737181644333059

[sammieuk1]

The magical mystery land of massage where things just disappear who needs vaccines just more figures will do ????

[dinsdale]

Interesting to see the UK having scrapped the traffic light system to a simple red and green still has Thailand on red. One reason is testing or more accurately lack of testing. Yesterday the state of Victoria conducted 50,000 tests. The population of Victoria is about 1/10 (6.7 million) of Thailand. Thailand has now hidden testing numbers behind postive cases as a % but it's probably around the 40k mark. UK is around 1 million tests a day with a similar population to Thailand. Even given the differences in economies Thailand's testing is and always has been dismal. 

[TooMuchTime]

As expected but not good news for the doomers here.

[Mr Meeseeks]

Anyone else having trouble believing these numbers? 

[brewsterbudgen]

Just now, Mr Meeseeks said:

Anyone else having trouble believing these numbers? 

I don't think many believed them when they were showing exponential increases a few weeks ago either! 

[anchadian]

UPDATE: 12,709 confirmed cases, 1,723 probable cases, and 106 deaths (1.04%). Out of 132,573 patients , 43,966 are in hospital, 67,063 in ‘hospitel’ and 14,913 in home/community isolation. 3,582 in a serious condition (-64) with 773 on ventilators (+5) #Thailand #COVID19

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1439767978195623941

[anchadian]

Southeast Asia reported the lowest number of new Covid-19 cases and related deaths in months on Sunday. #Asean #COVID19

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40006369

[smedly]

20 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Interesting to see the UK having scrapped the traffic light system to a simple red and green still has Thailand on red. One reason is testing or more accurately lack of testing. Yesterday the state of Victoria conducted 50,000 tests. The population of Victoria is about 1/10 (6.7 million) of Thailand. Thailand has now hidden testing numbers behind postive cases as a % but it's probably around the 40k mark. UK is around 1 million tests a day with a similar population to Thailand. Even given the differences in economies Thailand's testing is and always has been dismal. 

reduce testing and the detection numbers go exactly the way this government want them to go - it's not rocket science - but it is a political agenda with and eye on convincing China to let their citizens come to Thailand - they don't care about bars and entertainment except those that only Chinese tour groups are taken too by the bus load

 

Chinese do what they are told and go where they are told - it is engrained into them from birth, they are easy pickings for certain people in Thailand

[whiteman]

All smoke and mirrows so that they can try to open up Thailand early

[TooMuchTime]

7 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Anyone else having trouble believing these numbers? 

Conspiracy theorist spotted.

 

Why do you not believe these numbers when every country follows this same trend?  Are you saying that the case count presented isn't 100% correct?  Of course it isn't 100% correct but with something called SAMPLING you can be confident in the overall trend.  I hope you don't expect any country to capture 100% of call cases.

[Cherrytreeview]

3 minutes ago, TooMuchTime said:

As expected but not good news for the doomers here.

Don't worry about the doomers, worry about the Thai health care system being put under pressure again when Thailand opens up and vaccines start to wane.

Singapore reintroduced restrictions within a week.

Flip flopping won't inspire tourists to return.

As expected.

[JonnyF]

This is good news. With the vaccination rates finally ramping up it looks like there is light at the end of the tunnel.

 

Of course the real numbers are higher than reported. But the trend does appear to be downwards, whether due to increased vaccination or simply Delta burning itself out.

 

Let's hope the downward trend continues. We all need to get on with our lives.

[anchadian]

9 minutes ago, whiteman said:

All smoke and mirrows so that they can try to open up Thailand early

Back to normal next week with a 3 day holiday this coming weekend.

Edited September 20, 2021 by anchadian

[TooMuchTime]

2 minutes ago, Cherrytreeview said:

Don't worry about the doomers, worry about the Thai health care system being put under pressure again when Thailand opens up and vaccines start to wane.

Singapore reintroduced restrictions within a week.

Flip flopping won't inspire tourists to return.

As expected.

6 month effectiveness for a vaccine sounds like a poorly designed vaccine.  All the ones I took last decades or a lifetime.

I still can't get an answer on how much injections are needed to provide immunity.  Usually that information is available before release.

[anchadian]

2 minutes ago, TooMuchTime said:

6 month effectiveness for a vaccine sounds like a poorly designed vaccine.  All the ones I took last decades or a lifetime.

I still can't get an answer on how much injections are needed to provide immunity.  Usually that information is available before release.

And what brands of vaccines did you have?

[lom]

10 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Southeast Asia reported the lowest number of new Covid-19 cases and related deaths in months on Sunday. #Asean #COVID19

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40006369

Sunday's data is usually down (delayed)  worldwide due to less working staff in the weekends.

[dinsdale]

7 minutes ago, TooMuchTime said:

Conspiracy theorist spotted.

 

Why do you not believe these numbers when every country follows this same trend?  Are you saying that the case count presented isn't 100% correct?  Of course it isn't 100% correct but with something called SAMPLING you can be confident in the overall trend.  I hope you don't expect any country to capture 100% of call cases.

I guess to capture any near 100% you would first have to find them. If you think 40,000 tests in a day out of a population of 70,000,000 is a good sample that's up to you. It would seem the UK has a different opinion.

[DavisH]

19 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Anyone else having trouble believing these numbers? 

I accept the relative change in numbers (there isa  decrease in cases), but ofcourse noone knows that absolute number of cases in Thailand (or anywhere else for that matter). If you don't believe the cases, look at the nuber of hsopitalisations and deaths. It's very simple, really. 

[smedly]

12 minutes ago, TooMuchTime said:

Conspiracy theorist spotted.

 

Why do you not believe these numbers when every country follows this same trend?  Are you saying that the case count presented isn't 100% correct?  Of course it isn't 100% correct but with something called SAMPLING you can be confident in the overall trend.  I hope you don't expect any country to capture 100% of call cases.

welcome to my troll ignore list

[dinsdale]

6 minutes ago, TooMuchTime said:

6 month effectiveness for a vaccine sounds like a poorly designed vaccine.  All the ones I took last decades or a lifetime.

I still can't get an answer on how much injections are needed to provide immunity.  Usually that information is available before release.

Have you factored into your thinking the flu vaccines. 

[TooMuchTime]

2 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

I guess to capture any near 100% you would first have to find them. If you think 40,000 tests in a day out of a population of 70,000,000 is a good sample that's up to you. It would seem the UK has a different opinion.

It is a good sample size to see the trend.  You learn this in a basic stats class.

[anchadian]

To boost or not to boost: The pros and cons of getting a third COVID shot

With the government offering a free booster dose from September 24 and the paid option of the Moderna vaccine available soon, millions of Thais are thinking hard about whether or not to get a third shot.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/to-boost-or-not-to-boost-the-pros-and-cons-of-getting-a-third-covid-shot/

[TooMuchTime]

Just now, dinsdale said:

Have you factored into your thinking the flu vaccines. 

Is that the seasonal vaccine that is recommended for the elderly and those at risk or serious harm from the flu?  I think you may be on to something.  We should follow the same protocol for the flu vaccine for the covid one.

 

At risk get the vaccine while everyone else can choose to.  No economic shutdowns, no coercion.

[Cherrytreeview]

Thailand locked down in April.

Six months later the cases are slowly coming down, that's with strict curfews, restrictions and alcohol bans.

No clear or organised plans on when or how to reopen the country to international tourists.

One ministry contradicting the other and 76 provinces with the individual right to panic and change the rules at a seconds notice.

It's a shambles. Just glad i didn't invest a dime in Thailand.

[Why Me]

6 minutes ago, Cherrytreeview said:

Just glad i didn't invest a dime in Thailand.

No wonder the Thai baht has fallen. You little Soros.

Edited September 20, 2021 by Why Me