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Thailand on Wednesday (September 22) reported 11,252 new COVID-19 cases, 13,695 recoveries and 141 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

◼︎ 13,695 recoveries

◼︎ 11,224 new infections 

◼︎ 28 prison / prison infections

 

▶︎ Total infections since April 1: 1,482,494

▶︎ Total recoveries since since April 1: 1,339,107

 

Wednesday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 1,511,357 with 15,753 deaths.

 

The news comes as there has yet to be a decision on whether to extend Thailand’s nationwide State of Emergency, set to expire on September 30th, or whether the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will remain, Deputy Government Spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek told Thai PBS World on Tuesday.

 

Dr. Rachada’s confirmation followed a Government House press conference earlier Tuesday about amendments approved by the cabinet to the Communicable Diseases Act, which have led some local media to report that the frequently extended State of Emergency, in place since March 2020 to curb the spread of COVID-19, will end on September 30th.

 

 

 

 

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https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1440476968256872453

 

UPDATE: 11,252 confirmed cases, 2,062 probable cases, and 141 deaths (1.04%). Out of 129,071 patients , 41,088 are in hospital, 67,026 in ‘hospitel’ and 14,643 in home/community isolation. 3,464 in a serious condition (-84) with 753 on ventilators (-6) #Thailand #COVID19

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1440480583973367809

PCR test positive cases, total of 11,252 official new infections, with just 28 of those from prison and 11,224 from the community. 141 official covid deaths recorded. 

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 2,062 bringing the unofficial total to 13,314

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

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 20th 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 715 new cases today and 3 deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (188), Si Racha (155), and Bang Lamung/Pattaya (119). There are 13,173 patients in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1440467624593268741

Phuket health authorities are reporting 254 new local cases , two cases from the Sandbox and two deaths. There are now 4,146 patients in care . The #PhuketSandbox has had 101 cases since 1st July #COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1440467974792499208

Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are leaving their zero-Covid policies behind, but they aren't ready to open up, experts warn

 

Now, governments including Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam are looking to revive their economies -- particularly the vital tourism industry -- by reopening borders and public spaces. But experts worry that low vaccination rates in much of the region, and the widespread use of lower-efficacy vaccines including China's Sinovac, could lead to a catastrophe.

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/21/asia/covid-zero-asia-vietnam-thailand-malaysia-intl-hnk/index.html

The number of Covid-19 cases in Southeast Asia crossed 11.59 million, with 61,942 new cases reported on Tuesday, higher than Monday’s tally of 60,156. #COVID19 #Asean #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40006468

New COVID Cases Won’t Drop Further

 

BANGKOK, Sept 22 (TNA) – The number of new daily COVID-19 cases will not fall further for the time being because of the resumption of business and activities, according to Dr. Kiatiphum Wongrajit, permanent secretary for public health.

 

New cases were likely to remain at about 10,000 a day and would not drop further because some disease control measures were lifted to support economy and workers, he said.

People must continue to seriously protect themselves from COVID-19 and co-exist with the disease, Dr. Kiatiphum said.

 

https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-785457

22 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

PCR test positive cases, total of 11,252 official new infections, with just 28 of those from prison and 11,224 from the community. 141 official covid deaths recorded. 

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 2,062 bringing the unofficial total to 13,314

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

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 20th Sept) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases from daily official announcements.

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

Looks like a slight bump upwards from yesterdays 10k+ cases.  One has to wonder if they are not doing an ATK dump once a week and loading up the system with those numbers as in yesterdays number of ATK cases. Prison numbers seem to have dropped tremendously over the past week as well.  IS this good news for the prison system, well I can only hope so.  As far as the daily testing via PCR nationwide we know that that is not being done on a ramped up basis as it might show higher numbers then they want and then they only want to count those needing treatment in my view.  Is that prudent, well in any other year with stats for another virus they only list those that are in the hospital and not those at home.  Maybe it is there way of trying to regain some sense of normalcy.  Just my view. Saw that the vaccinations of school aged children has been shut down by the doctors as it had not been FDA approved, yet this government went ahead and started the program already.  Boosters elsewhere are being reviewed to see if they are also prudent and have been on hold as well, while Thailand still is is giving booster shots ahead of vaccinating those that have not been jabbed once.  On the Phuket Sand Box saga, looks like they have dispatched 9 teams to Phuket to start testing en-mass.  Now will that be done via PCR tests or the ATK Kits and if so who are they actually testing?  Questions beget more questions.  Of course this is my view, but It is something I would like to know more about. Wonder what happened to the plan in vaccinating with AZ first and then Pfizer second, as I saw yesterday that Starting October 1 Thailand will be vaccinating with Sinovac as the first jab and then AZ.  Everyday another twist and turn, just like with the Opening up here in Bangkok due to Covid cases being one of three points that must be rectified before they say they can open.  As always stay safe and protect yourself and families.

About 70 per cent of teachers nationwide have already been vaccinated against Covid-19, while 200,000-400,000 have yet to be inoculated, the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) revealed on Wednesday.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40006481

wonder if Thailand should start hiding their daily figures

 

China have done it with success and got off other countries red lists

I don't understand this statistic, hospital admissions are going up and have been steadily since 1st Sept.

 

On 1st Sept there were 24,161 admitted daily

On 22nd Sept there were 41,088 admitted daily

 

While everything else, critical care, those on ventilators etc are on the way down, not sure why this should be increasing

 

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

Edited September 22, 20214 yr by Bkk Brian

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

Phuket health authorities are reporting 254 new local cases , two cases from the Sandbox and two deaths. There are now 4,146 patients in care . The #PhuketSandbox has had 101 cases since 1st July #COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1440467974792499208

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Phuket marks 254 new COVID cases, two more deaths

Could very well be that around 10K is going to be the flat line figure. 

8 minutes ago, hackjam said:

Could very well be that around 10K is going to be the flat line figure. 

I would think so. But hopefully the fatality rate will continue to drop and the vaccination rate increase. 

36 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I don't understand this statistic, hospital admissions are going up and have been steadily since 1st Sept.

 

On 1st Sept there were 24,161 admitted daily

On 22nd Sept there were 41,088 admitted daily

 

While everything else, critical care, those on ventilators etc are on the way down, not sure why this should be increasing

 

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

To put that into perspective, hospital admissions have flatlined since 1st Sept while all other categories have decreased https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/

NEW REPORT SHOWS LEADING COVID-19 VACCINE PHARMA COMPANIES FUELLING UNPRECEDENTED HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS

 

AstraZeneca, BioNTech, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, Novavax and Pfizer refused to participate in initiatives to boost global vaccine supply

 

Less than 1% of people in low-income countries are fully vaccinated, compared to 55% in rich countries

 

https://www.amnesty.org.au/leading-covid-19-vaccine-pharma-companies-fuelling-human-rights-crisis/

Edited September 22, 20214 yr by anchadian

3 minutes ago, anchadian said:

NEW REPORT SHOWS LEADING COVID-19 VACCINE PHARMA COMPANIES FUELLING UNPRECEDENTED HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS

 

AstraZeneca, BioNTech, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, Novavax and Pfizer refused to participate in initiatives to boost global vaccine supply

 

Less than 1% of people in low-income countries are fully vaccinated, compared to 55% in rich countries

 

https://www.amnesty.org.au/leading-covid-19-vaccine-pharma-companies-fuelling-human-rights-crisis/

Ergo, why people believe the CT's on world depopulation.  I thought when we first entered this pandemic and the vaccines arrived that they were to be sold at cost. Governments were thought to be subsidizing the costs but apparently not.

 

Yet here in this article from awhile back:

https://ihsmarkit.com/research-analysis/pandemic-pricing-dilemma-covid19-vaccine.html

 

Pricing at-cost vs for profit

Pfizer stands out among other leading vaccine developers as the company has opted not to take government funding to help mitigate some of the risks associated with vaccine R&D and at-risk manufacturing. Other OWP candidates include those being developed by Moderna (US), AstraZeneca (UK), Johnson & Johnson (J&J, US), and Novavax (US) have benefited from notable BARDA investments worth more than USD3.7 billion combined for R&D and manufacturing activities.

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1 hour ago, cyril sneer said:

wonder if Thailand should start hiding their daily figures

 

China have done it with success and got off other countries red lists

Some of us think Thailand has been deliberately underreporting the numbers from the start of the pandemic.

 

To China's credit, the government seems to understand how truly daft much of the world is and how easily they can be lied to repeatedly.

 

Thailand may be playing be playing the middle ground, report a reasonable number of cases against the regional figures so that the country can open up and maybe tourists will slowly start visiting. Where they will fall down is when large numbers of tourists start getting sick and reveal the healthcare system here is incapable of handling it.

 

All this is almost a guarantee to anyone who truly understands the country.

2 hours ago, anchadian said:

Chonburi Public Health Office is reporting 715 new cases today and 3 deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (188), Si Racha (155), and Bang Lamung/Pattaya (119). There are 13,173 patients in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1440467624593268741

Further details:

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/09/22/chonburi-new-and-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-rise-to-715-with-3-new-deaths/

4 minutes ago, DaveSamutP said:

Some of us think Thailand has been deliberately underreporting the numbers from the start of the pandemic.

 

To China's credit, the government seems to understand how truly daft much of the world is and how easily they can be lied to repeatedly.

 

Thailand may be playing be playing the middle ground, report a reasonable number of cases against the regional figures so that the country can open up and maybe tourists will slowly start visiting. Where they will fall down is when large numbers of tourists start getting sick and reveal the healthcare system here is incapable of handling it.

 

All this is almost a guarantee to anyone who truly understands the country.

I dunno about large numbers of vaccinated tourists getting sick. The numbers for the Sandbox are pretty small. 

Just now, Danderman123 said:

I dunno about large numbers of vaccinated tourists getting sick. The numbers for the Sandbox are pretty small. 

Yeah, I guess we'll see. Maybe the sandbox is having a genuine protective effect. In most countries where vaccination rates are high and they've opened up a bit, large numbers of people continue to get sick. And, these are countries where the majority of vaccinations have been quality ones (not the Chinese stuff).

 

If they remove restrictions nationally and allow large numbers of tourists to come, I have a feeling the number of vaccinated tourists that get sick will be very high.

 

I will add that there could very well be other mutation strains in Thailand that are unreported. We recall the single time Thailand upload a variant to the global database, there was a lot of pushback as they didn't want any variants associated with Thailand.

 

Then, there is Mu and Lamda.

1 hour ago, DaveSamutP said:

Some of us think Thailand has been deliberately underreporting the numbers from the start of the pandemic.

 

To China's credit, the government seems to understand how truly daft much of the world is and how easily they can be lied to repeatedly.

 

Thailand may be playing be playing the middle ground, report a reasonable number of cases against the regional figures so that the country can open up and maybe tourists will slowly start visiting. Where they will fall down is when large numbers of tourists start getting sick and reveal the healthcare system here is incapable of handling it.

 

All this is almost a guarantee to anyone who truly understands the country.

Yip and China has a large number of foreign deluded fools who apologise for them on a daily basis.

You only have to look at this forum for evidence of it.

Covid cases aren't going anywhere in Thailand.

Thailand has gone from proactive track and trace to who gives a monkeys.

Usual response from a country with a two minute attention span.

Meanwhile, complete chaos reigns  regarding borders reopening or anything reopening.

I don't think Thailand's hiding figures, i just think it's a third world Chinese lacky.

Public Health Officials in Nakhon Ratchasima are ordering widespread testing for Covid after a market cluster led to 400 infections.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1440550635410112518

 

National Vaccination Rollout:

 

DAY 101: 830,413

DAY 102: 864,589

DAY 103: 547,324

DAY 104: 596,230 <— Sat

DAY 105: 256,392 <— Sun

DAY 106: 469,052

DAY 107: 811,915

 

TOTAL: 46,023,016 doses since 28 February

 

22.1% of the population is vaccinated

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1440552788342181892

5 hours ago, Pravda said:

Just add a zero

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Edited September 22, 20214 yr by anchadian