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Thailand on Thursday (September 30) reported 11,646 new COVID-19 cases, 10,887 recoveries and 107 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

◼︎ 10,887 recoveries

◼︎ 11,526 new infections 

◼︎ 120 prison / prison infections

 

▶︎ Total infections since April 1: 1,574,612

▶︎ Total recoveries since since April 1: 1,443,247

 

Thursday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 1,603,475 with 16,727 deaths.

 

The news comes as the Public Health Ministry signed an agreement with AstraZeneca to acquire 60 million doses of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine next year to be administered as booster shots.

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, attended a ceremony together with representatives of AstraZeneca (Thailand) for the signing of the contract to acquire the 60 million doses of the vaccine to be used as the third and booster shots for people next year.

 

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PCR test positive cases, total of 11,646 official new infections, with 120 of those from prison and 11,526 from the community. 107 official covid deaths recorded. 

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 3,326 bringing the unofficial total to 14,972

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

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 28th 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/1443377260174528515

 

the numbers are receding ever so slowly

Why the increase? That's not right 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1443361130798145536

 

So....how's that mitigation protocol and practice working out?

 

A ceremony to get an adequate vaccine into the arms of the population, catch up time ( next year ).

Ending the semi-lockdown and other restrictions when there are still more than 10,000 cases each day is like throwing away the antibiotics your doctor gave you at the first sign the fever is abating.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1443361319424389123

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40006825

5 minutes ago, steven100 said:

the numbers are receding ever so slowly

Receding, have you been really paying attention.  They have increased now several days in a row.

1 minute ago, steven100 said:

the numbers are receding ever so slowly

.....and vaccination percentage rates are on the weekly rise. 27% as we speak and increasing ever so fast [compared to what it was during the early mismanagement] 

Hope springs eternal. 

 

UPDATE: 11,646 confirmed cases, 3,326 probable cases, and 107 deaths (1.04%). Out of 116,075 patients , 38,122 are in hospital, 61,405 in ‘hospitel’ and 11,371 in home/community isolation. 3,175 in a serious condition (-57) with 717 on ventilators (-12) #Thailand #COVID19

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1443384079919955971

Looking at the past few days numbers we are seeing an increase in cases.  More positive tests from walk-ins and then the cases of positive ATK tests are still not being counted as a statistical case and just a probable one.  Vaccinations seem to have tapered off after the big push with just a little over 700k given yesterday of which 227,125 were first time jabs while 441,830 received the second jab, and 39,276 being given a booster. Funny thing is that there were 20 4th vaccinations given, so one wonders who these folks are that have needed a booster for the booster or better yet may have received 2 Sinovac jabs early on originally and then were given two Pfizer jabs due to the need for travel internationally, possibly doctors or diplomats.  I await the full numbers on ventilators and those critical to ensure that we are truly seeing a decrease in serious cases which could be attributed to folks being vaccinated.  I wonder how many of those found positive were unvaccinated, how many were singularly vaccinated and then how many were positive with a breakthrough infection.  Great to see that the country recieved 2 million Pfizer vaccines yesterday and then I am glad to see those who have yet to be vaccinated are slowly getting jabbed.  Lets hope that this continues.  Seems that the local lab has also reached an agreement with this government for 60 million doses of AZ for next years boosters and have it written into the contract that should a newer formulary be produced that they get those instead of the older formulary vaccines.  

Edited September 30, 20214 yr by ThailandRyan

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

Receding from the highs several weeks ago but increasing the last three days.  Look at the tail end of your graph Sir.

Nobody ever judges trends based on the last 3 days. Also, hospitalizations, people on ventilators and deaths continue to drop daily. Those are the numbers that matter right now and going forward.

4 minutes ago, Ohyesuare said:

Nobody ever judges trends based on the last 3 days. Also, hospitalizations, people on ventilators and deaths continue to drop daily. Those are the numbers that matter right now and going forward.

7 day average is what we are looking at, and today less were discharged from the hospital then were added needing treatment based upon the PCR testing.  ATK test positives are being treated at home and not in a hospital and surely some of them do end up being retested as they need hospitalization for issues.  Yes the serious critical cases are slowly declining, but then I await to see what the next few days bring.  Yes deaths should be tailing downward as they lag new cases by two to three weeks.  Lets hope that trend continues downward.  100+ deaths a day is still disheartening.

Edited September 30, 20214 yr by ThailandRyan

37 minutes ago, steven100 said:

the numbers are receding ever so slowly

The numbers of cases over the past week have fallen 13%. 
 

More importantly the number of deaths have fallen for the third day in a row and 11% over the past week. 
 

Critical cases numbers continue to fall as well as the number of people on ventilators………,but I’m sure there will be those who can still find something negative to say about these these positive numbers 
 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/weekly-trends/#weekly_table

Edited September 30, 20214 yr by Kadilo

54 minutes ago, webfact said:

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, attended a ceremony together with representatives of AstraZeneca (Thailand) for the signing of the contract to acquire the 60 million doses of the vaccine to be used as the third and booster shots for people next year.

why not 15 million since you have decided only a 25% dose is all that is required administered in a way that goes against  AZ directions

32 minutes ago, Ohyesuare said:

Nobody ever judges trends based on the last 3 days. Also, hospitalizations, people on ventilators and deaths continue to drop daily. Those are the numbers that matter right now and going forward.

The figures, which no one believes anyway, are becoming meaningless. There will continue to be rises and falls in infections for months and years to come. The hospitals can cope and vaccination numbers will reduce the number of severe cases.

 

Now open the schools!

38 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

The numbers of cases over the past week have fallen 13%. 
 

More importantly the number of deaths have fallen for the third day in a row and 11% over the past week. 
 

Critical cases numbers continue to fall as well as the number of people on ventilators………,but I’m sure there will be those who can still find something negative to say about these these positive numbers 
 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/weekly-trends/#weekly_table

Fewer deaths are a good thing, but celebrating when 'only' 100+ people die of this heinous virus seems, at least to me, a little cold.

 

There is a middle ground: hope for better but give the dead and their families proper respect and save the glad handing, because those who suffered losses are hurting.

1 hour ago, Kadilo said:

The numbers of cases over the past week have fallen 13%. 
 

More importantly the number of deaths have fallen for the third day in a row and 11% over the past week. 
 

Critical cases numbers continue to fall as well as the number of people on ventilators………,but I’m sure there will be those who can still find something negative to say about these these positive numbers 
 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/weekly-trends/#weekly_table

It's actually amazing how some people on here actually genuinely seem dissapointed that things are getting better. Some people seem to thrive on negativity. Unbelievable really. 

MOPH has announced the closing of the Busarakham Field Hospital on 30 September 2021, after the number of the #COVID19 infections continued to decrease, thanks to the cooperation from various sectors and the public, including the deployment of "home isolation" measure.

https://twitter.com/prdthailand/status/1443410277232427010

 

21 minutes ago, Daithi85 said:

It's actually amazing how some people on here actually genuinely seem dissapointed that things are getting better. Some people seem to thrive on negativity. Unbelievable really. 

 

I'm disappointed because things are getting worse and the government is being dishonest about pretty much everything. 

 

I am disappointed that my quality of life in Thailand has gotten 90% worse in the past year. I can only imagine how the average Thai feels like.

 

But let's see if things actually get better. I don't think so. Most of the world has ready had a 3rd booster jabs. I mean a 3rd booster with 3 quality jabs. I still didn't have a single one.

 

 

Thailand listed at 50 out of 53 countries in the latest Bloomberg Covid Resilience Ranking Best and Worst Places to Be as We Learn to Live With Delta

 

"The Covid Resilience Ranking is a monthly snapshot of where the virus is being handled the most effectively with the least social and economic upheaval. Compiled using 12 data indicators that span virus containment, the quality of healthcare, vaccination coverage, overall mortality and progress toward restarting travel and easing border curbs, the Ranking captures which of the world’s biggest 53 economies are responding best—and worst—to the same once-in-a-generation threat."

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/

You can also find it here if you are blocked with a paywall 

2 hours ago, CANSIAM said:

A ceremony to get an adequate vaccine into the arms of the population, catch up time ( next year ).

'adequate'

 

AZ is more than that.  Arguably it's the best in the long run.

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

The figures, which no one believes anyway, are becoming meaningless. There will continue to be rises and falls in infections for months and years to come. The hospitals can cope and vaccination numbers will reduce the number of severe cases.

 

Now open the schools!

Nope.  Not until there is sufficient vaccine coverage.

9 minutes ago, Pravda said:

 

I'm disappointed because things are getting worse and the government is being dishonest about pretty much everything. 

 

I am disappointed that my quality of life in Thailand has gotten 90% worse in the past year. I can only imagine how the average Thai feels like.

 

But let's see if things actually get better. I don't think so. Most of the world has ready had a 3rd booster jabs. I mean a 3rd booster with 3 quality jabs. I still didn't have a single one.

 

 

I don't know what part of Thailand u live in, but where I live any foreigner who wants a vaccine can get one very easily, walk in vaccines every week. 

Off topic reported post removed.

 

 

1 hour ago, Walker88 said:

Fewer deaths are a good thing, but celebrating when 'only' 100+ people die of this heinous virus seems, at least to me, a little cold.

 

There is a middle ground: hope for better but give the dead and their families proper respect and save the glad handing, because those who suffered losses are hurting.

i didn't see anything resembling a 'celebration' in the post you quoted.  i also didn't see a reference to 'only 100'.  it seems you added alot of drama to a post that didn't have any.  the informational posts here are alot more helpful than those adding the 'drama'.