Thailand reports 9,122 new COVID-19 cases, 71 deaths, 10,731 recoveries

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Thailand on Tuesday (October 19) reported 9,122 new COVID-19 cases, 10,731 recoveries and 71 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

▶︎ Total infections since April 1: 1,774,071

▶︎ Total recoveries since since April 1: 1,651,555

 

Tuesday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 1,802,934 with 18,407 deaths.

 

The news comes as Thailand will stop using the COVID-19 vaccine of China's Sinovac when its current stock finishes, a senior official said on Monday, having used the shot extensively in combination with Western-developed vaccines.

 

Thailand used over 31.5 million Sinovac doses since February, starting with two doses to frontline workers, high-risk groups and residents of Phuket, a holiday island that reopened to tourists early in a pilot scheme.

 

In July, Thailand started inoculating people with Sinovac as a first dose followed by the Oxford University-developed AstraZeneca. Thailand was the first country to combine a Chinese and Western shots, a strategy its health officials said has proved effective.

*Reuters contributed to this report

 

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[anchadian]

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1450264029444804609

 

[anchadian]

Chonburi Public Health Office is reporting 310 new cases today (the lowest again in more than 3 months) and 3 deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (62), Si Racha (60), and Bang Lamung/Pattaya (43). There are 7,523 patients in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1450258353930735617

[anchadian]

Phuket health authorities are reporting 140 new local cases , two cases from the Sandbox and three deaths. There are 2,403 patients in care . The #PhuketSandbox has had 157 cases since 1st July #COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1450258512181747720

[anchadian]

UPDATE: 9,122 confirmed cases, 1,924 probable cases (ATK), and 71 deaths (1.02%). Out of 105,546 patients , 39,922 are in hospital, 55,880 in hospitel and 7,898 in home/community isolation. 2,762 in a serious condition (-69) with 631 on ventilators (-13) #Thailand #COVID19

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1450268505660481536

[Bkk Brian]

PCR test positive cases, total of 9,122 official new infections. 71 official covid deaths recorded. 

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 1,924 bringing the unofficial total to 11,046

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

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 17th Oct) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases from daily official announcements.

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

[anchadian]

The number of Covid-19 cases crossed 12.81 million across Southeast Asia, with 30,524 new cases reported on Monday. #Asean #COVID19 #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40007685

[Cake Monster]

9 minutes ago, anchadian said:

The number of Covid-19 cases crossed 12.81 million across Southeast Asia, with 30,524 new cases reported on Monday. #Asean #COVID19 #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40007685

Thailand now has 30% of all reported cases across the Asean Bloc of nations, and the reorted Deaths are roughly the same as Vietnam but there are nearly 3 1/2 times as many reported infections in total.

Hmmm

[worrab]

Health officials on Sunday (Oct 18) reported 143 new COVID-19 cases, 73 were found in Hua Hin.

Elsewhere in the province, 42 cases were found in Pranburi, 8 cases in Sam Roi Yot, 7 cases in Kuiburi, 1 case found in Thap Sakae, 1 case in Bang Saphan, No- case in Bang Saphan Noi, and 11 cases in Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan.

Three deaths were reported today, 1 Thai man age 81-year-old, who lived in Pak Nam Pran, and two Thai women, aged 50 and 67, who both lived in Bang Saphan. All of the deceased had underlying health conditions and had not been vaccinated.

 

Oct 18: Prachuap reports 143 new COVID-19 cases, 73 cases in Hua Hin - Hua Hin Today English Newspaper Info, Reports, Events and News Social Life

[Cake Monster]

14 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

PCR test positive cases, total of 9,122 official new infections. 71 official covid deaths recorded. 

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 1,924 bringing the unofficial total to 11,046

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

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 17th Oct) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases from daily official announcements.

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

Its interesting to note that the number of ATK rapid tests has dropped dramatically over the last week or so.

The reduction just seemed to coincide with the huge spike in ATK tests reported on 10.10.

Strange, after the previous week showing a massive increase.

[sungod]

14 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

Thailand now has 30% of all reported cases across the Asean Bloc of nations, and the reorted Deaths are roughly the same as Vietnam but there are nearly 3 1/2 times as many reported infections in total.

Hmmm

So Vietnam are telling fibs

[ThailandRyan]

35 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thailand used over 31.5 million Sinovac doses since February, starting with two doses to frontline workers, high-risk groups and residents of Phuket, a holiday island that reopened to tourists early in a pilot scheme.

With much fanfare it was touted and then when seen not to be working as they had hoped and with less efficacy they moved on to giving folks a different cocktail concoction of Sinovac then AZ, and then those with the double Sinovac jabs received a booster of Pfizer.  Yet they still kept ordering the Sinovac all the way up until last month, and then as of an OP yesterday have stopped purchasing it for use.  The issue is not the vaccine itself but the fact they went all in on it.

 

Numbers today looking better but then lasts see what tomorrow brings as far as these numbers possibly being from the weekend testing, and of course mass use of the ATK test kits.

 

Went out yesterday to do a bit of shopping and the roads were busy and Icon Siam packed once again.  Got our groceries we needed and headed back home to stay out of the hustle and bustle.

[Olmate]

10 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

With much fanfare it was touted and then when seen not to be working as they had hoped and with less efficacy they moved on to giving folks a different cocktail concoction of Sinovac then AZ, and then those with the double Sinovac jabs received a booster of Pfizer.  Yet they still kept ordering the Sinovac all the way up until last month, and then as of an OP yesterday have stopped purchasing it for use.  The issue is not the vaccine itself but the fact they went all in on it.

 

Numbers today looking better but then lasts see what tomorrow brings as far as these numbers possibly being from the weekend testing, and of course mass use of the ATK test kits.

 

Went out yesterday to do a bit of shopping and the roads were busy and Icon Siam packed once again.  Got our groceries we needed and headed back home to stay out of the hustle and bustle.

You must learn to stay out of these packed shopping centres! 

[JonnyF]

Very odd when you compare Vietnam and Thailand.

 

 

Thailand with over 3 times as many total cases but almost exactly the same number of deaths.

 

Makes me wonder. Is Vietnam under-reporting cases? Is Thailand under-reporting deaths? Or do those magic amulets work after all?

[Bkk Brian]

47 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

With much fanfare it was touted and then when seen not to be working as they had hoped and with less efficacy they moved on to giving folks a different cocktail concoction of Sinovac then AZ, and then those with the double Sinovac jabs received a booster of Pfizer.  Yet they still kept ordering the Sinovac all the way up until last month, and then as of an OP yesterday have stopped purchasing it for use.  The issue is not the vaccine itself but the fact they went all in on it.

 

Numbers today looking better but then lasts see what tomorrow brings as far as these numbers possibly being from the weekend testing, and of course mass use of the ATK test kits.

 

Went out yesterday to do a bit of shopping and the roads were busy and Icon Siam packed once again.  Got our groceries we needed and headed back home to stay out of the hustle and bustle.

In Phuket things much busier now also in parts, still a ghost town shuttered up in places like Karon I posted a video of it yesterday on another thread, the video is taken just a few days ago, well worth a watch but also pretty depressing and brings home to life the cost of this in real terms for so many businesses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B86JRzJQhk8

 

 

However away from those more decimated area's people are tending to go out more especially with the easing of entry at the border there has been a large influx of Thai's returning. International Schools are all now open although on half term break for a week. Central shopping mall in Kathu is busy again.

 

You mentioned the Sinovac and as the OP says it was used a lot in Phuket. Its interesting to note that since the 1st July there have been 14,045 reported positive cases with 99 reported covid deaths giving a CFR or around 0.71%

 

I'm not sure what a fully vaxxed up population's CFR rate should be but that does sound a bit high to me, perhaps under reported cases?

[anchadian]

More field hospitals set up, 22 more villages locked down in Pattani as COVID cases surge

22 more villages in the Sai Buri district of Thailand’s southern border province of Pattani have been locked down and more field hospitals set up to cope with the steady rise in COVID-19 infections.

 

The villages are located in 9 sub-districts where most of the COVID-19 cases are concentrated. Barricades have been erected at all entrances to and exits from the villages to prevent the unauthorized movement of people.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/more-field-hospitals-set-up-22-more-villages-locked-down-in-pattani-as-covid-cases-surge/

 

[Bkk Brian]

23 minutes ago, anchadian said:

More field hospitals set up, 22 more villages locked down in Pattani as COVID cases surge

22 more villages in the Sai Buri district of Thailand’s southern border province of Pattani have been locked down and more field hospitals set up to cope with the steady rise in COVID-19 infections.

 

The villages are located in 9 sub-districts where most of the COVID-19 cases are concentrated. Barricades have been erected at all entrances to and exits from the villages to prevent the unauthorized movement of people.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/more-field-hospitals-set-up-22-more-villages-locked-down-in-pattani-as-covid-cases-surge/

 

Stark reminder that while #Thailand is preparing for its (limited) “grand reopening” to (some) vaccinated tourists on Nov 1, that doesn’t mean that the #COVID19 situation has improved in every corner of the country.

https://twitter.com/SaksithCNA/status/1450302584284073989

 

[JonnyF]

20 minutes ago, Pravda said:

How does Vietnam have the same amount of deaths?

Ummm, like this?

 

Not sure how I could make it any clearer.

[Pravda]

10 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Ummm, like this?

 

Not sure how I could make it any clearer.

 

Yep..... I was looking at the wrong place

[anchadian]

Health Ministry confident in public health system, presses ahead with reopening

BANGKOK (NNT) - With just two weeks to go until the scheduled reopening of Thailand to foreign tourists from low-risk countries, the Ministry of Public Health has expressed confidence it would be able to put the Covid situation under control. Health authorities now say outbreaks will be dealt with locally via targeted area sealing, as opposed to a country-wide lockdown.

 

https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG211019114011418

 

12/25

Edited October 19, 2021 by anchadian

[ThailandRyan]

2 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Health Ministry confident in public health system, presses ahead with reopening

BANGKOK (NNT) - With just two weeks to go until the scheduled reopening of Thailand to foreign tourists from low-risk countries, the Ministry of Public Health has expressed confidence it would be able to put the Covid situation under control. Health authorities now say outbreaks will be dealt with locally via targeted area sealing, as opposed to a country-wide lockdown.

 

https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG211019114011418

 

12/25

What would be nice is to see the number of available beds published as well as facilities that are still open to taking folks be it a field hospital or a hospitel.  This way the public could also be on board as seeing  that the health facilities are not already over loaded.

[Rimmer]

A couple of confused posts have been removed

[anchadian]

A total of 66.59 million Covid vaccines were administered between February 28 - October 18, including 38.14 million first doses & 26.47 million second doses (36.8% of the population are fully vaccinated). 914,527 people were vaccinated yesterday. #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand #Covid19

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1450337531405365250

[anchadian]

Today there were 71 deaths in #Thailand

 

44 males & 27 females

Burmese (1), Cambodian (1)

Age range is 29-101 years

72% of deaths aged 60+

Most deaths in the southern region (21)

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1450337515890626564

 

[anchadian]

23 minutes ago, anchadian said:

A total of 66.59 million Covid vaccines were administered between February 28 - October 18, including 38.14 million first doses & 26.47 million second doses (36.8% of the population are fully vaccinated). 914,527 people were vaccinated yesterday. #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand #Covid19

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1450337531405365250

National Vaccination Rollout:

 

DAY 128: 962,558

DAY 129: 583,994

DAY 130: 1,034,549

DAY 131: 524,670

DAY 132: 1,063,719 <— Sat

DAY 133: 475,053 <— Sun

DAY 134: 914,527

 

TOTAL: 66,592,321 doses since 28 Feb

 

36.8% of the population fully vaccinated

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1450342480050737154

 

[vandeventer]

4 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

With much fanfare it was touted and then when seen not to be working as they had hoped and with less efficacy they moved on to giving folks a different cocktail concoction of Sinovac then AZ, and then those with the double Sinovac jabs received a booster of Pfizer.  Yet they still kept ordering the Sinovac all the way up until last month, and then as of an OP yesterday have stopped purchasing it for use.  The issue is not the vaccine itself but the fact they went all in on it.

 

Numbers today looking better but then lasts see what tomorrow brings as far as these numbers possibly being from the weekend testing, and of course mass use of the ATK test kits.

 

Went out yesterday to do a bit of shopping and the roads were busy and Icon Siam packed once again.  Got our groceries we needed and headed back home to stay out of the hustle and bustle.

Thing's are looking much better and the weather is getting colder and we are getting rid of Sinovac. There must be a Heaven as hell is going somewhere else.

[TheFishman1]

I don’t believe any of the governments numbers TIT

[garygooner]

Bangkok's case numbers have been hovering above 1000 for weeks now. Come on... tomorrow 999... and then continue falling! 

[dinsdale]

6 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

Its interesting to note that the number of ATK rapid tests has dropped dramatically over the last week or so.

The reduction just seemed to coincide with the huge spike in ATK tests reported on 10.10.

Strange, after the previous week showing a massive increase.

As I said before just after the Rural Doctor's Association came out with their statement. Also interestingly on Campbell's channel he's showing from Russian sources that's deaths there maybe/are well under reported. As I say very interesting. Had my 2nd AZ today. 12 wks after the 1st one not 3 wks as they're doing too make the vaccinated numbers look better and disregard the manufactures guidlines and people's health.

Edited October 19, 2021 by dinsdale

[superal]

3 hours ago, anchadian said:

Today there were 71 deaths in #Thailand

 

44 males & 27 females

Burmese (1), Cambodian (1)

Age range is 29-101 years

72% of deaths aged 60+

Most deaths in the southern region (21)

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1450337515890626564

 

This is one of the rare events where info is given in a list of provinces effected by covid . I for one would like to read this type of bulletin soasto know what is happening in my part of Thailand , covid wise . Thank you