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Thailand on Thursday (April 7) reported 26,081 new COVID-19 cases, 26,011 recoveries and 91 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Thursday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 3,807,908 with 25,788 deaths.

 

The news comes as the Ministry of Public Health has voiced concern that more COVID-19 patients may require ventilators after the Songkran holidays.

 

According to Dr Sumanee Wacharasint, director of the Department of Disease Control’s (DDC) Risk Communication and Health Behavioral Development Bureau, 1,862 COVID-19 patients have been suffering from lung inflammation as of Tuesday, 781 of whom are on ventilators. She added that this number is steadily rising and is likely to see a spike after the Thai New Year holidays.

 

The bureau director also expressed concern over COVID fatalities, which have started exceeding 80 per day over the last seven days. Many of these deaths involve elderly patients or those with underlying health problems.**

 

**NNT contributed to this report

 

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Thailand on Thursday reported 26,081 new COVID cases, the second consecutive day of increases, along with a slight decline in new deaths to 91 and an almost unchanged number of 1,846 COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition.

 

Thursday’s update by the Thai Ministry of Public Health, following Wednesday’s national holiday, followed a familiar pattern of rising cases toward the latter part of the weeks, though Thursday’s total new cases remained below the country’s year high total of 28,379 from last Friday.

 

The 91 new COVID deaths reported Thursday was a slight decline from the 94 reported Wednesday, and matched the number from Tuesday. But Wednesday’s death toll also remained below the year high number of 97 from last Sunday and Monday.

 

The total number of current COVID cases under care declined very slightly to 248,057. The number of serious COVID cases in hospital increased by only one from Wednesday's 1,845 total.

 

With Thursday's update, Thailand reached 4,090 COVID deaths in the three-plus months since since the start of 2022. Daily new deaths have not dropped below 85 for the past week.

 

Compared to one week ago, Thursday's update showed a lower count of new cases, but higher numbers of new deaths, serious condition hospitalizations and total COVID cases under care.

 

For added context, during the peak of the Delta wave last fall, Thailand's daily COVID case count topped out at 23,418, but the numbers of serious hospital cases and intubated patients peaked above 5,600 and 1,100 respectively, and daily deaths topped 300 for a brief period.

 

 

 

https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/?dashboard=main

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/536966664588329

 

PCR test positive cases, total of 26,081 official new infections. 91 official covid deaths recorded.

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 24,728 bringing the total of PCR and ATK results to 50,809

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

 

OWD rolling 7 day average, cases and deaths up to 4th April

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

 

 

 

For international communities in Thailand, Dept. of Disease Control’s made available Covid-19 booster shots now at MBK in BKK + public hospitals in provinces. Pls check. From April 18 booster shots r also available for walk-ins at Bangsue Grand Station. #COVID19 #ThailandOpen

 

https://twitter.com/SangratTanee/status/1511876890880925696

Phuket marks 222 new COVID cases, two more deaths

 

PHUKET: The latest Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) daily COVID situation report has marked 222 new local infections confirmed across the island yesterday (Apr 6), bringing the total number of infections recorded since Jan 1 to 48,052.

 

https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-marks-222-new-covid-cases-two-more-deaths-83721.php

https://www.thaienquirer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Thai-Enquirer-Summary-April-7-2022.pdf

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The bureau director also expressed concern over COVID fatalities, which have started exceeding 80 per day over the last seven days. Many of these deaths involve elderly patients or those with underlying health problems.**

The issue is a lack of vaccinations for the elderly.  Thailand put the majority of the initial vaccinations into the arms of those working within the Tourist Areas as they felt that was better for the economy.  Instead they have relegated the elderly to an early and unfortunate demise especially with Songkran travel and the families going home with Omicron.....

Tomorrow lower numbers because it was a holiday yesterday....

36 minutes ago, anchadian said:

https://www.thaienquirer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Thai-Enquirer-Summary-April-7-2022.pdf

It simply hasn't been offered in Surat Thami for instance (as far as I'm aware).

32 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

The issue is a lack of vaccinations for the elderly.  Thailand put the majority of the initial vaccinations into the arms of those working within the Tourist Areas as they felt that was better for the economy.  Instead they have relegated the elderly to an early and unfortunate demise especially with Songkran travel and the families going home with Omicron.....

I know a number of older people here in Thailand who simply refuse to get vaccinated because they are worried about possible long term damage from what they say are untested vaccines and the short term side effects after being vaccinated.

In our village the local health center has been sending people around to the houses of those still unvaccinated to try and persuade then to get a shot, sadly with no success most of the time.

4 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

I know a number of older people here in Thailand who simply refuse to get vaccinated because they are worried about possible long term damage from what they say are untested vaccines and the short term side effects after being vaccinated.

In our village the local health center has been sending people around to the houses of those still unvaccinated to try and persuade then to get a shot, sadly with no success most of the time.

Therefore, compulsory vaccinations are the only answer, but I doubt that will ever happen.

Raw deaths count available for Thailand in March.

Compared to the same month in 2021, the number of Excess deaths is 6508 (an average of 209 deaths/day)

Compared to the same month in 2020, the number of excess deaths is 8952 (288/day).

The official number of Covid deaths in Thailand is 2262. As usual, it is around 3 times lower than the number of excess deaths compared to previous year (2021)

WHO Thailand weekly update, severe/ventilated cases and deaths.

 

https://www.who.int/thailand/emergencies/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports

7 hours ago, anchadian said:

Therefore, compulsory vaccinations are the only answer, but I doubt that will ever happen.

Lets hope it never happens...

6 hours ago, Mr Derek said:

 

The chart provides raw figures without any interpretation. These figures are accurate because deaths are registered for various administrative purpose.

 

Some factors such as those you mentioned, if relevant,  may be taken into account for interpreting them. Some may increase the number of deaths, some may reduce it (ex. Less deaths by other contagious diseases such as flu because of measures ta - it has been observed in other countries). But they cannot explain the huge difference observed.

 

However, even by using a +/- 10%, or even 20% margin of error, there is still a huge difference between official Covid deaths count and excess deaths all causes. We are not talking of differences measured in 100s but in 1000s.

 

If we compare with the official covid figures w/o the  year with the highest number of deaths all causes (2021), there are 4246 unexplained excess deaths. This difference is around two times the official number of Covid deaths. Which mysterious cause would explain such a difference? And the same pattern has been observed since the real beginning of the pandemic in Thailand, in April 2021. Vaccine and medication side- effects causing thousands of deaths during ONE MONTH.  Postponed surgery causing thousands of deaths durping one month? Really?

 

6 hours ago, sungod said:

Lets hope it never happens...

Ok, we don't coerce/mandate/insist they get vaccinated: What's the result?

 

Restrictions for even longer.

 

And double the deaths there needs to be in the elderly who also have personal health issues, I'd guess.

6 hours ago, candide said:

The chart provides raw figures without any interpretation. These figures are accurate because deaths are registered for various administrative purpose.

 

Some factors such as those you mentioned, if relevant, may be taken into account for interpreting them. Some may increase the number of deaths, some may reduce it (ex. Less deaths by other contagious diseases such as flu because of measures ta - it has been observed in other countries). But they cannot explain the huge difference observed.

 

However, even by using a +/- 10%, or even 20% margin of error, there is still a huge difference between official Covid deaths count and excess deaths all causes. We are not talking of differences measured in 100s but in 1000s.

 

If we compare with the official covid figures w/o the  year with the highest number of deaths all causes (2021), there are 4246 unexplained excess deaths. This difference is around two times the official number of Covid deaths. Which mysterious cause would explain such a difference? And the same pattern has been observed since the real beginning of the pandemic in Thailand, in April 2021. Vaccine and medication side- effects causing thousands of deaths during ONE MONTH.  Postponed surgery causing thousands of deaths durping one month? Really?

 

How about just saying 'good point'?

 

It's the lack of interpretation that is the problem. All I'm saying is that some of the excess deaths are certainly due to the two society-caused factors I mentioned.

 

Some figures are googleable, but I suspect the general effect is hugely underestimated and may be forever inscrutable.

 

6 hours ago, Mr Derek said:

 

You should also consider testing rates. In countries where there are low rates of covid testing then covid deaths is one of the primary causes of death in the pandemic. Thailand is lucky to carry out 50k pcr tests daily so I think that qualifies as a low rate of testing?

 

Thailand's previous lockdowns additionally helped reduce road death considerably and would also need to be taken into account.

5 hours ago, Mr Derek said:

How about just saying 'good point'?

 

It's the lack of interpretation that is the problem. All I'm saying is that some of the excess deaths are certainly due to the two society-caused factors I mentioned.

 

Some figures are googleable, but I suspect the general effect is hugely underestimated and may be forever inscrutable.

 

The aim of the source I used is to provide accurate facts. They don't provide interpretations, I guess because they want to stick to their mission. They leave it to others and that's fine.

 

In some cases, analysts found that Covid deaths could have been underestimated, or overestimated (it happened in some occasions in UK, if I remember well). However, in countries with a decent measurement system, the differences between covid deaths count and excess deaths usually don't exceed the +/- 10 % range. In Thailand it's +200%.

 

It's quite possible the two factors you mentioned (among others) may affect the excess deaths count.

 

My interpretation is that, in the case of Thailand, they cannot account for the huge discrepancy between official covid deaths count and excess deaths. Ex.  there have been deaths caused by vaccines in other countries. How many per month in countries with similar population size as Thailand, such as France or UK. 1, 2, 10? 

 

The huge discrepancy observed in Thailand leads to the following question (lawyers usually advise to formulate questions rather than assertions ???????? "Could it be possible that the current measurement system doesn't accurately assess the true number of covid deaths in Thailand, and actually significantly underestimates it?". 

5 hours ago, Mr Derek said:

How about just saying 'good point'?

 

It's the lack of interpretation that is the problem. All I'm saying is that some of the excess deaths are certainly due to the two society-caused factors I mentioned.

 

Some figures are googleable, but I suspect the general effect is hugely underestimated and may be forever inscrutable.

 

Vaccine deaths are about 1 in a million. 

6 hours ago, sungod said:

Lets hope it never happens...

I suffered compulsory vaccination as a child. I was forced to vaccinate against Polio, Measles, Smallpox. 

 

 

Chonburi announces 1,542 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 and three new death

 

Highlights:

 

1,542 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Chonburi today

 

5,833 positive ATK (rapid antigen) tests were reported but all require a second confirmed PCR test before being counted as official cases. The ATK positive tests are just “possible” cases until confirmed by PCR. TPN notes, however, that second confirmed tests are no longer mandatory except for high-risk groups.

 

1,390 (PCR) and 5,378 (ATK) recovered and were released from medical care

 

Three new deaths

 

https://thepattayanews.com/2022/04/07/chonburi-announces-1542-new-and-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-and-three-new-deaths/

Several posts with COVID vaccine misinformation and unsourced-unsubstantiated claims have been removed.

 

2 hours ago, kiwikeith said:

 

not all vaccines prevent spread or infection but they reduce the seriousness of the effects of a disease. I had the measles vaccine, still caught measles as a child but was very mild case, without the vaccine could we'll have killed me or left me with serious complications.

Maximum of 50,000 COVID-19 daily infections predicted after Songkran

 

The Thai Ministry of Public Health has predicted that there will be a maximum average of 50,000 COVID-19 cases a day after the Songkran holidays next week, about 3,000 new cases of lung inflammation and 150 daily fatalities, if public cooperation in complying with safety measures remains at the present level.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/maximum-of-50000-covid-19-daily-infections-predicted-after-songkran/

A First Side-by-Side Comparison of Vaccines

 

Here’s the latest news from the pandemic.

 

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Fourth Covid shot recommended only for those over 80 in EU

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What’s the best Covid vaccine?

 

Nine Covid-19 vaccines utilizing several design approaches have been listed for emergency use by the World Health Organization. Since they began rolling out in mass vaccination campaigns more than a year ago, people have asked, which shot is best?

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-04-07/a-first-side-by-side-comparison-of-vaccines

9 hours ago, mommysboy said:

It simply hasn't been offered in Surat Thami for instance (as far as I'm aware).

 

I've never understood why the government has never launched and maintained an online public master list, by province, of available vaccination locations.

 

It seemingly wouldn't be that hard to do and maintain -- unless of course such a list might reveal that vaccines aren't actually available in various provinces.

 

I don't know that to be the case, but it's kind of hard to imagine why they haven't published such a list for any other reason, given that they've been so scattershot in their vaccination location information outside of Bangkok.

 

Example, about a week ago, the government put out a SEVEN PAGES long list of vaccination locations just for Chonburi province, that begins with the following image (and then click right to see the other related image pages):

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=339884654841018&set=a.304938938335590&type=3

 

OK, so that's ONE province... Now how about the other 75 besides Bangkok?

 

PS - yesterday, they also did TWO pages of similar vaccination sites in FIVE other provinces (Chiang Rai, Kanchanaburi, Ayutthaya, Phetchaburi and Saraburi).. starting with this image, and then click left for the second page:

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=343758081120342&set=a.304938938335590&type=3

 

And we're now 2-1/2 years into the pandemic, and those lists above don't even total 10 provinces all combined.

 

 

Member @Eaglekott 's per capita breakdown of new COVID cases reported today.

 

I'm just posting an image of the top 30 provinces on a per capita basis... Chonburi is No. 2... Bangkok isn't among the top 30, neither is Chiang Mai.

 

 

His full list and image is in the following thread:

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1221220-information-about-new-covid-19-cases-per-province/?do=findComment&comment=17292761