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Thailand on Friday (October 15) reported 10,486 new COVID-19 cases, 10,711 recoveries and 94 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

◼︎ 10,711 recoveries

◼︎ 10,319 new infections 

◼︎ 167 prison / prison infections

 

▶︎ Total infections since April 1: 1,733,327

▶︎ Total recoveries since since April 1: 1,609,035

 

Friday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 1,762,190 with 18,123 deaths.

 

The news comes as Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha has confirmed the country will reopen to vaccinated foreign tourists from 10 low risk countries who arrive by air on Nov 1.

 

During a meeting on Thursday lunchtime (Oct 14), it was also announced that the night time curfew will be reduced to 11pm-3am.

 

The new curfew will be effective from Oct 16 and will remain in place until the end of October. 

 

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An obvious glitch on the 7 day average chart from ourworldindata showing a dip to 8,875 in its last data point capture on the 13th Oct. They update later today.

 

PCR test positive cases, total of 10,486 official new infections, with 167 of those from prison and 10,319 from the community. 94 official covid deaths recorded.  

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 3,577 bringing the unofficial total to 14,063

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

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 13th Oct) 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/1448812587483762717

 

Chonburi Public Health Office is reporting 434 new cases today (the lowest since July) and three deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (75), Si Racha (70), and Bang Lamung/Pattaya (75). There are 8,448 patients in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1448794918877425680

Phuket health authorities are reporting 150 new local cases , three cases from the Sandbox and no deaths. There are 3,067 patients in care . The #PhuketSandbox has had 152 cases since 1st July #COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1448795144409346073

The number of Covid-19 cases crossed 12.68 million across Southeast Asia, with 37,927 new cases reported on Thursday. #Asean #covid19 #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40007523

UPDATE: 10,486 confirmed cases, 3,577 probable cases (ATK), and 94 deaths (1.03%). Out of 107,606 patients , 41,154 are in hospital, 55,059 in hospitel and 9,396 in home/community isolation. 2,897 in a serious condition (+7) with 684 on ventilators (+9) #Thailand #COVID19

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1448815228330807303

The 400,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine that the Thai government recently bought from Hungary is now on its way to #Thailand.

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1448823462148071425

 

Moderna Vaccines Will Arrive in November, Firm Says

 

BANGKOK — The longest pre-order of your life may soon be over: Moderna’s mRNA vaccine will start arriving in Thailand by November following months of delay, a distributor representative said.

 

Zuellig Pharma, the company responsible for distribution of the Moderna vaccine, said the doses will arrive in weekly shipments, starting in November. The firm did not give any precise date. Despite previous pledges, the Moderna vaccines failed to be delivered to Thailand this month, a cause of frustration for many Thais who already pre-ordered the vaccines from private hospitals and clinics.

 

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2021/10/15/moderna-vaccines-will-arrive-in-november-firm-says/

More data would be interesting.  how many new cases were from vaccinated people or un vaccinated people?

 

Now for the numbers.  According to the article:

 

"Friday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 1,762,190 with 18,123 deaths. "

 

18123/1762190 = 0.010284  or 1.020284 % mortality rate.  Now that only counts the known COVID cases and not the total number of COVID cases.  Many people have no symptoms, or few symptoms.  Many never go to hospital, many never take a test.  So it is reasonable assume that many more people had COVID than is reported, which means the actual mortality rate is lower.

The Department of Medical Sciences has been observing #COVID19 variants in #Thailand by running random genetic tests on viruses from around the country. It input the data in the GISAID and has just revealed the results.

https://twitter.com/prdthailand/status/1448846092045488129

 

1 hour ago, gk10012001 said:

More data would be interesting.  how many new cases were from vaccinated people or un vaccinated people?

 

Now for the numbers.  According to the article:

 

"Friday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 1,762,190 with 18,123 deaths. "

 

18123/1762190 = 0.010284  or 1.020284 % mortality rate.  Now that only counts the known COVID cases and not the total number of COVID cases.  Many people have no symptoms, or few symptoms.  Many never go to hospital, many never take a test.  So it is reasonable assume that many more people had COVID than is reported, which means the actual mortality rate is lower.

Since covid first took off in Thailand there has been nearly 40,000 excess deaths here compared with the usual annual death toll. Many suspect, including the Rural Doctors Assoc. in Thailand that the covid-19 death toll has been under reported.

22 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

The Department of Medical Sciences has been observing #COVID19 variants in #Thailand by running random genetic tests on viruses from around the country. It input the data in the GISAID and has just revealed the results.

https://twitter.com/prdthailand/status/1448846092045488129

 

 

So  Delta it is and the vast majority of Thais have been vaccinated with Sinovac largely ineffective against this variant.

 

Yep lets open to all tourists!

 

For the full virus experience book a holiday to Thailand for you and your family.

 

Covid spreading like wild fire available 24/7 nationwide ......but not alcohol .

Thailand’s prime minister has reasserted the country’s readiness to reopen to foreign visitors, and thanked all parties for their efforts leading up to this point. He also asked foreigners residing in Thailand to help spread the word about the country’s readiness.

 

https://twitter.com/NBTWORLDNews/status/1448864104370769922

 

2 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

The Department of Medical Sciences has been observing #COVID19 variants in #Thailand by running random genetic tests on viruses from around the country. It input the data in the GISAID and has just revealed the results.

https://twitter.com/prdthailand/status/1448846092045488129

 

In my opinion that is an extremely low sampling rate to be running genome sequencing to check for new variants.

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

He also asked foreigners residing in Thailand to help spread the word about the country’s readiness.

Yes I will spread the word!!  Deluded.

 

 

Today there were 94 deaths in #Thailand

 

56 males & 38 females

Burmese (3), Swiss (1)

Age range is 27-106 years

77% of deaths aged 60+

Most deaths in the southern region (36)

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1448886601988202496

 

From the new cases: - 9,410 were found via walk-in tests at medical facilities - 1,034 via proactive tests at known clusters - 42 imported cases 10,711 people have recovered in the past 24 hours

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1448886685106802688

Of the 10,277 cases in the general Thai population, the highest numbers were 1,054 in Bangkok followed by 767 in Yala, 644 in Pattani, 605 in Songkhla, 494 in Narathiwat, 488 in Nakhon Si Thammarat, 434 in Chonburi & 379 in Samut Prakan.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1448888384722669568

 

4 hours ago, anchadian said:

The number of Covid-19 cases crossed 12.68 million across Southeast Asia, with 37,927 new cases reported on Thursday. #Asean #covid19 #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40007523

Thailand has by far, the most reported cases within the Asean Bloc again.

The Philippines with a population of 111 Million has about roughly 30 % fewer cases, and Thailand has a population of 70 Million.

However, Thailand reporting of Deaths is considerably lower than all the other Nations in relationship to their populations.

CCSA finalizing List of origin countries entering and not requiring quarantine. Now it's in the required internal process, and should be released sometime mid-week next week. There will be alot more than 10 countries included in the list.

 

https://twitter.com/NatapanuN/status/1448891119400411141

 

3 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Since covid first took off in Thailand there has been nearly 40,000 excess deaths here compared with the usual annual death toll. Many suspect, including the Rural Doctors Assoc. in Thailand that the covid-19 death toll has been under reported.

Looking at the Asean reported Daily Cases Graphic will give you a clue on that one.

1 hour ago, Petey11 said:

In my opinion that is an extremely low sampling rate to be running genome sequencing to check for new variants.

My sentiments too, additionally it fails to mention the time period over which they were taken only states as of 14th Oct.

National Vaccination Rollout:

 

DAY 124: 1,010,072

DAY 125: 230,852 <— Sat

DAY 126: 688,481 <— Sun

DAY 127: 805,146

DAY 128: 962,558

DAY 129: 583,994

DAY 130: 1,034,549

 

TOTAL: 63,614,352 doses since 28 February

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1448896844583477251

CCSA: The list of low risk countries is already known and will be publicly released around Wednesday next week. The number of countries will be greater than ten. People coming from these countries won’t need to do quarantine from 1st November

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1448894948548366336

 

4 hours ago, gk10012001 said:

More data would be interesting.  how many new cases were from vaccinated people or un vaccinated people?

 

Now for the numbers.  According to the article:

 

"Friday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 1,762,190 with 18,123 deaths. "

 

18123/1762190 = 0.010284  or 1.020284 % mortality rate.  Now that only counts the known COVID cases and not the total number of COVID cases.  Many people have no symptoms, or few symptoms.  Many never go to hospital, many never take a test.  So it is reasonable assume that many more people had COVID than is reported, which means the actual mortality rate is lower.

It makes sense. However, official Covid death numbers are very far from the excess mortality numbers (i.e. around 16,000 for the month of August, around 9,000 in September). 

https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid

 

6 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Moderna Vaccines Will Arrive in November, Firm Says

 

BANGKOK — The longest pre-order of your life may soon be over: Moderna’s mRNA vaccine will start arriving in Thailand by November following months of delay, a distributor representative said.

 

Zuellig Pharma, the company responsible for distribution of the Moderna vaccine, said the doses will arrive in weekly shipments, starting in November. The firm did not give any precise date. Despite previous pledges, the Moderna vaccines failed to be delivered to Thailand this month, a cause of frustration for many Thais who already pre-ordered the vaccines from private hospitals and clinics.

 

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2021/10/15/moderna-vaccines-will-arrive-in-november-firm-says/

Someone said the first million doses will be grabbed by the Red Cross which has been subjected to at least one publicly revealed demand from the military to provide doses to officers and their families.

Health officials on Friday (Oct 15) reported 140 new COVID-19 cases, 57 were found in Hua Hin.

Elsewhere in the province, 68 cases were found in Pranburi, 5 cases in Sam Roi Yot, 1 case in Kuiburi, No- case found in Thap Sakae, No- case in Bang Saphan, No- case in Bang Saphan Noi, and 7 cases in Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan.

Today one more death has been recorded, a 74-year-old Thai national who had an underlying health condition and had not been vaccinated.

 

Oct 15: Prachuap reports 140 new COVID-19 cases, 57 cases in Hua Hin - Hua Hin Today English Newspaper Info, Reports, Events and News Social Life

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More Moderna, Pfizer vaccines to be procured by Thammasat University, private hospitals

 

Thammasat University has entered into agreements with two private hospitals to procure seven million doses of Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines, to be distributed to a network of private hospitals.

 

The university has also contacted a vaccine institute in an eastern European country, with the help of the Thai embassy there, to seek the donation of 3 million doses of Moderna vaccine.

 

On the Facebook page of Thammasat field hospital on Thursday, the university said that, in the past eight weeks, with the approval of the university’s council, they have been working hard to procure vaccines and other medical supplies for the Thai people and patients at Thammasat field hospital.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/more-moderna-pfizer-vaccines-to-be-procured-by-thammasat-university-private-hospitals/