Thailand reports 18,066 new COVID-19 cases, 27 deaths, 12,511 recoveries

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Thailand on Friday (February 18th) reported 18,066 new COVID-19 cases, 12,511 recoveries and 27 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

▶︎ Infections outside prisons: 17,898. Prisons: 168

▶︎ Recoveries: 12,511

 

Friday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 2,674,477 with 22,565 deaths.

 

The news comes as COVID-19 is not a medical emergency anymore due to changing situations but the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (UCEP) is available for COVID-19 patients with underlying illnesses, according to the permanent secretary for health.

 

Dr Kiatiphum Wongrajit, the permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry, said that as the number of COVID-19 patients who needed hospital admission was small, COVID-19 was not considered as a medical emergency any longer. Only about 700 COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospital for the time being, he said.

 

*TNA contributed to this report

 

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[anchadian]

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1494458541079670784

 

[anchadian]

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1494457930376425473

 

[Bkk Brian]

PCR test positive cases, total of 18,066 official new infections. 27 official covid deaths recorded.

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 9,956 bringing the total of PCR and ATK results to 28,022

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

 

Rolling 7 day average chart from 16th Feb

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

[Danderman123]

69,000 in hospital. 

Edited February 18, 2022 by Danderman123

[anchadian]

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1494479436321726464

 

[Bkk Brian]

5 minutes ago, anchadian said:

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1494479436321726464

 

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

[rott]

Strange that Omicron does not seem to be spreading so much in prisons. Could be herd immunity at last.? Or could be something else. 

[Bkk Brian]

No particularly scientific and lacks variables but as a straight forward comparison using ourworldindata 7 day rolling average for cases and deaths.

 

16th Feb 2022 = 15,791 PCR positive cases & 24.57 official deaths

30th July 2021 = 15,809 PCR positive cases & 124 official deaths

 

No doubt some impact showing here from vaccination induced immunity and the Omicron variant being less virulent?

 

The question however is how high this will go, ICU and Ventilated cases on the up so we can expect to see a rising death count but it may stay below the triple digit mark hopefully! Or maybe that's wishfull thinking on my part.

 

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

 

 

 

[khwaibah]

As BA.2 subvariant of Omicron rises, lab studies point to signs of severity

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/17/health/ba-2-covid-severity/index.html

[ikke1959]

2 minutes ago, rott said:

Strange that Omicron does not seem to be spreading so much in prisons. Could be herd immunity at last.? Or could be something else. 

Maybe same here .. several schools are closed or classes stay at home because of Covid.. Nobody talks about it so it doesn't exist...easy to keep the figures low

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Dr Kiatiphum Wongrajit, the permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry, said that as the number of COVID-19 patients who needed hospital admission was small, COVID-19 was not considered as a medical emergency any longer.

So they are saying in not so many words.....the pandemic is now endemic.....or what the heck is this man alluding to as cases keep rising upwards.....

[anchadian]

Provincial governors in Thailand told to prepare plans for COVID-19 surge

 

Provincial governors have been ordered by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to prepare contingency plans to cope with rising COVID-19 infections, as daily new infections are exceeding 18,000, Government Spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said this morning (Friday).

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/provincial-governors-in-thailand-told-to-prepare-plans-for-covid-19-surge/?utm_source=thaip.bs&utm_medium=urlshortener&utm_campaign&utm_term&utm_content

 

 

[anchadian]

I wonder if the president is aware of this?

 

 

Edited February 18, 2022 by anchadian

[anchadian]

Thailand government organization

Ranking of 10 provinces with highest COVID-19 transmission, as of 18 February 2022

 

https://twitter.com/prdthailand/status/1494556820639457280

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Interesting juxtaposition of news headlines on the forum today:

 

Provincial governors in Thailand told to prepare plans for COVID-19 surge

COVID Not Medical Emergency Anymore 

 

????

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thailand 2022 COVID hospitalizations (regular hospitals):

 

Jan 4 -- 17,280

Feb. 1 -- 40,590

 

(Past Week)

Feb 12 -- 56,099

Feb 13 –- 58,245

Feb 14 –- 60,558

Feb 15 –- 60,303

Feb 16 -- 62,752

Feb 17 –- 64,919

Feb 18 -- 69,943 (now more than quadrupled since the start of the year)

 

Thailand 2022 COVID patients in serious/critical condition:

Jan 4 -- 555

Feb 1 -- 557 

 

(past week)

Feb 12 -- 610

Feb 13 -- 641

Feb 14 –- 687

Feb 15 -- 702

Feb 16 -- 699

Feb 17 -- 728

Feb 18 -- 755

 

Source: MoPH daily COVID reports, including the latest below, with the hospitalization and patient condition statistics in the blue colored section.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/506187714332891/?type=3

 

Also, more broadly as shown in the blue box, Thailand currently has 149,589 COVID positive cases in care, including the 69,943 in regular hospitals, and another 79,646 in various alternate arrangements including "hospitels," field hospitals, etc.

Edited February 18, 2022 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

49 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Thailand government organization

Ranking of 10 provinces with highest COVID-19 transmission, as of 18 February 2022

 

https://twitter.com/prdthailand/status/1494556820639457280

 

Just for comparison purposes, my records from last fall, based on daily reports of that time, had Bangkok's daily case count peak at above 5,100 in mid August 2021.

 

In the same vein, there was a long period of time in August 2021 where the daily count of serious/critical COVID cases in hospital was running above 5,000, and the intubated group was running above 1,100, before beginning to decline -- far above current levels.

 

The current numbers for serious/critical COVID patients and those intubated roughly match those from late April 2021 (April 29 -- 786 serious/critical and 230 intubated), and it took another four months or so before they later peaked at the levels I mentioned in the prior paragraph.

 

Edited February 18, 2022 by TallGuyJohninBKK

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COVID-19: Thailand reports 18,885 new coronavirus cases, 29 deaths, 10,946 recoveries

 

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Thailand on Saturday (February 19) reported 18,885 new COVID-19 cases, 10,946 recoveries and 29 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1250832-covid-19-thailand-reports-18885-new-coronavirus-cases-29-deaths-10946-recoveries/

 

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