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Thailand on Tuesday (April 12) reported 19,982 new COVID-19 cases, 28,057 recoveries and 101 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Tuesday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 3,925,854 with 26,289 deaths.

 

The news comes as the Public Health Ministry has directed hospitals under its jurisdiction to change the expiry date of COVID-19 vaccines in their stock in accordance with the manufacturers’ new registration details.

 

According to Thongchai Lertwilairatanapong, deputy permanent secretary for Public Health, the instructions were issued to all provincial public health chiefs on April 7.

 

Under the new amendment, Thongchai said the expiry date for Sinovac doses will be extended from six to twelve months, while expiry dates for AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines will be extended from six to nine months.**

 

**NNT contributed to this report

 

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Heading into the Songkran New Year’s holiday, Thailand on Tuesday reported 101 new COVID deaths, the third consecutive day over 100, and a slightly reduced count of 2,056 seriously ill COVID cases in hospital, along with 19,982 official new cases.

 

The 101 new deaths became Thailand’s third highest daily total of the year, following the year-high 108 reported on Sunday and the second highest 105 tally reported yesterday. That brought Thailand’s official COVID death toll thus far in 2022 to 4,591.

 

Meanwhile, the 2,056 COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition became Thailand’s second highest daily total of the year, surpassed only by yesterday’s year-high number of 2,065. The country's daily number of seriously ill COVID patients has been steadily rising since the start of the year.

 

Among the serious COVID hospitalizations, the share in the worst condition requiring intubation in order to breathe rose again to a new year-high record of 885, up from 856 yesterday, the fifth such new record-high day in a row.

 

In all, the government reported a total of 237,399 active COVID cases, down significantly from yesterday’s 245,575 total, and well below the year-high tally of 259,126 set on April 3.

 

Tuesday's 19,982 count of official new COVID cases was the country's lowest daily total in more than a week. But Thailand's daily tallies of "official" cases are widely considered a significant undercount and also highly variable based on days of the week and other factors, such as the upcoming government holidays period.

 

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 the intubated share of those peaked above 5,600 and 1,100 respectively, and daily deaths topped 300 for a brief period.

 

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/540246760926986

 

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

 

Looking at todays information all I can think of is "nothing to see here folks move along and enjoy Songkran".  These muggles believe everyone in Thailand are idiots and don't see the unreported cases they do not want the world to see....

It is Tuesday and Songkan week.........

PCR test positive cases, total of 19,982 official new infections. 101 official covid deaths recorded.

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 10,997 bringing the total of PCR and ATK results to 30,979

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

 

OWD rolling 7 day average, cases and deaths up to 10th April

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

 

 

 

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Meanwhile, the 2,056 COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition became Thailand’s second highest daily total of the year

I would like to know how many people are normally (pre covid) needing elevated care

 

the question that remains unanswered in Thailand - how many people are in hospitals "with covid" but not because of covid, we have seen from other countries that as many as 70% or more of those reported in hospital are there for other reasons but also tested positive for omicron - not a big shock considering how it spreads

 

the numbers in Thaiand just don't make any sense and lack detail - no surprise

46 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

PCR test positive cases, total of 19,982 official new infections. 101 official covid deaths recorded.

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 10,997 bringing the total of PCR and ATK results to 30,979

big drop in the reported numbers .................................why ?

 

does anyone here believe one single thing this government says about anything

The backlog of case reporting has finally come in. We have a drop from 371 cases on the 7th April in the first report.

 

Health officials on Saturday (April 9) reported 313 new COVID-19 cases in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, of which 76 cases were found in Hua Hin.

Elsewhere in the province, 45 cases were found in Pranburi, 50 cases in Sam Roi Yot, 23 cases in Kuiburi, 20 cases in Thap Sakae, 31 cases in Bang Saphan, 12 cases in Bang Saphan Noi, and 56 cases in Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan.

Two new COVID-19 related deaths were reported in the province today.

 

https://www.huahintoday.com/hua-hin-news/april-9-prachuap-reports-313-new-covid-19-cases-76-in-hua-hin/

 

Then we creep upwards.

 

Health officials on Sunday (April 10) reported 336 new COVID-19 cases in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, of which 82 cases were found in Hua Hin.

Elsewhere in the province, 58 cases were found in Pranburi, 47 cases in Sam Roi Yot, 28 cases in Kuiburi, 14 cases in Thap Sakae, 23 cases in Bang Saphan, 7 cases in Bang Saphan Noi, and 77 cases in Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan.

One new COVID-19 related death was reported in the province today.

 

https://www.huahintoday.com/local-news/april-10-prachuap-reports-336-new-covid-19-cases-82-in-hua-hin/

Before dropping back again.

 

Health officials on Monday (April 11) reported 301 new COVID-19 cases in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, of which 82 cases were found in Hua Hin.

Elsewhere in the province, 35 cases were found in Pranburi, 41 cases in Sam Roi Yot, 13 cases in Kuiburi, 7 cases in Thap Sakae, 14 cases in Bang Saphan, 6 cases in Bang Saphan Noi, and 103 cases in Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan.

One new COVID-19 related death was reported in the province today.

 

https://www.huahintoday.com/hua-hin-news/april-11-prachuap-reports-301-new-covid-19-cases-82-in-hua-hin/

 

7 hours ago, smedly said:

big drop in the reported numbers .................................why ?

 

does anyone here believe one single thing this government says about anything

In Tuesday numbers has been smalest all the time, maybe these numbers area actually tested in sunday. Who knows and actually many not care anymore, i dont ! Time to start living again. ... Like what we are doing in europe at the moment!

4 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

PCR test positive cases, total of 19,982 official new infections. 101 official covid deaths recorded.

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 10,997 bringing the total of PCR and ATK results to 30,979

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

 

OWD rolling 7 day average, cases and deaths up to 10th April

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

 

 

 

Thanks to Bkk for sharing these graphs daily but I have got to say they show the most unusual pattern of Omicron cases I think the world has seen. TIT.

5 minutes ago, Petey11 said:

Thanks to Bkk for sharing these graphs daily but I have got to say they show the most unusual pattern of Omicron cases I think the world has seen. TIT.

Exactly as many of us have discussed. Thailands rise and fall are like a heart rhtym intead of an upward spike and then downward drop as seen elsewhere.

And here is the final report today to bring us up to date with another drop in cases.

 

Health officials on Tuesday (April 12) reported 242 new COVID-19 cases in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, of which 53 cases were found in Hua Hin.

Elsewhere in the province, 15 cases were found in Pranburi, 19 cases in Sam Roi Yot, 19 cases in Kuiburi, 33 cases in Thap Sakae, 24 cases in Bang Saphan, 12 cases in Bang Saphan Noi, and 67 cases in Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan.

No new COVID-19 related deaths were reported in the province today.

 

https://www.huahintoday.com/hua-hin-news/april-12-prachuap-reports-242-new-covid-19-cases-53-in-hua-hin/

8 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Heading into the Songkran New Year’s holiday, Thailand on Tuesday reported 101 new COVID deaths, the third consecutive day over 100, and a slightly reduced count of 2,056 seriously ill COVID cases in hospital, along with 19,982 official new cases.

 

The 101 new deaths became Thailand’s third highest daily total of the year, following the year-high 108 reported on Sunday and the second highest 105 tally reported yesterday. That brought Thailand’s official COVID death toll thus far in 2022 to 4,591.

 

Meanwhile, the 2,056 COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition became Thailand’s second highest daily total of the year, surpassed only by yesterday’s year-high number of 2,065. The country's daily number of seriously ill COVID patients has been steadily rising since the start of the year.

 

Among the serious COVID hospitalizations, the share in the worst condition requiring intubation in order to breathe rose again to a new year-high record of 885, up from 856 yesterday, the fifth such new record-high day in a row.

 

In all, the government reported a total of 237,399 active COVID cases, down significantly from yesterday’s 245,575 total, and well below the year-high tally of 259,126 set on April 3.

 

Tuesday's 19,982 count of official new COVID cases was the country's lowest daily total in more than a week. But Thailand's daily tallies of "official" cases are widely considered a significant undercount and also highly variable based on days of the week and other factors, such as the upcoming government holidays period.

 

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 the intubated share of those peaked above 5,600 and 1,100 respectively, and daily deaths topped 300 for a brief period.

 

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/540246760926986

 

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

 

The two big take aways from this MOPH Chart are as follows.

1) The really low Prison Infections reported again.

From a Prison population of over 300 K and being Housed the way they are, I would be expecting much higher numbers.

2) The rate of Vaccination has almost stalled to a halt, and has been very low for a while now.

With the Authorities calling for the Vaccines to have a longer shelf life, Etc, and the poor Vaccination rate ( especially for the Old and Vulnerable ) Maybe I am seeing it wrong in thinking that the coffers for the Vaccine procurement are almost dry.

31 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

1) The really low Prison Infections reported again.

From a Prison population of over 300 K and being Housed the way they are, I would be expecting much higher numbers.

Well, they do report an official prisons new COVID cases number every day, today being 27.  But as has been well reported here before, the only cases that become official ones are those that the government and medical staffs do confirming RT-PCR tests on, and I'd imagine that's only occurring when cases get to the point of requiring hospitalization.

 

31 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

2) The rate of Vaccination has almost stalled to a halt, and has been very low for a while now.

Under  50,000 new vaccinations as of yesterday, but that's kinda to be expected during the Songkran period...  Still, that compares with the prior daily vaccinations peak that was above 600,000 at one point.

 

Question remains, how much of the slow progress is related to lack of interest/demand vs how much is related to unavailability of vaccines out in the outlying provinces.

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106142991004034/540369684248027/?type=3

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106142991004034/540369640914698/?type=3

 

 

COVID Vaccine Boosted: 35.6% of the general population, and 38.8% of the senior citizen population age 60 and above.

 

 

EN Translation:

 

The Ministry of Public Health received 50,000 courses of "Paxlovid" medicine from Pfizer to support the Covid after Songkran period.
...
Currently, Thailand has used antiviral drugs to treat COVID-19 patients, namely favipiravir. Remdesivir Molnupiravir
...
Paxlovid is an antiviral tablet. It works by inhibiting the enzyme protease, preventing the COVID virus from making the proteins it needs to multiply.

Source: Ministry of Public Health

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/540343674250628

 

MoPH two-week COVID trends chart:

 

From left to right in the graphic below: past 14-day running average of daily new cases, daily count of total serious condition COVID hospitalizations, the subset of those requiring intubation, and daily new COVID deaths.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106142991004034/540369470914715/?type=3

 

In the red text at the bottom right of the graphic, MoPH is saying 95 of today's 101 newly reported COVID deaths (94%) were people who had NOT received their third dose COVID booster vaccine shot.

 

Among the newly reported deaths today, MoPH also listed one of them as being English nationality, with no further details.

 

Also a 3-month-old infant, although most of the deaths as usual are among those age 60 and older or younger people with various chronic medical conditions that make them more vulnerable to the virus.

 

 

36 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

The two big take aways from this MOPH Chart are as follows.

1) The really low Prison Infections reported again.

From a Prison population of over 300 K and being Housed the way they are, I would be expecting much higher numbers.

2) The rate of Vaccination has almost stalled to a halt, and has been very low for a while now.

With the Authorities calling for the Vaccines to have a longer shelf life, Etc, and the poor Vaccination rate ( especially for the Old and Vulnerable ) Maybe I am seeing it wrong in thinking that the coffers for the Vaccine procurement are almost dry.

1) think almost all in prison's have get covid already, fellow's been side bye side 2 years .

2) Happen globally, most people who want jab has get it already. They start jab number 4 here in Finland to people who need it and older than 80. Only 65 % has get/or has take booster shot. Rest think 2 is enough and not care to take booster. I have get 2 Pfizer and booster was Moderna they say Moderna whit booster works better. More shots im not going to take even they offer if not needed for travel reason's!

฿211 million approved for study of Thailand’s first plant-based COVID vaccine

 

The cabinet approved a 211 million baht budget today (Tuesday) for a study of the safety and efficacy of a plant-based candidate sub-unit vaccine in boosting the body’s immune response to COVID-19, the first such vaccine in Thailand being developed by Thai startup Baiya Phytopharm.

 

The National Vaccine Institute and Baiya Phytopharm have been assigned by the cabinet to prepare a contingency plan, in case the company is unable to conduct more clinical trials of the plant-based candidate vaccine in July as planned, said Deputy Government Spokesperson Traisuree Traisoranakul.

...

Baiya is not, however, the only company working on plant-based vaccines, using tobacco leaves as the main ingredient. Canada is set to be the first country to give citizens the option of a vegetarian coronavirus shot.

 

(more)

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/211-million-approved-for-study-of-thailands-first-plant-based-covid-vaccine/

 

UK again leads today's list of countries with the most positive COVID cases arriving to Thailand via international travel:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/OICDDC/posts/347117287449764

 

 

26 official road deaths reported on Monday in Thailand on the first of the Songkran holiday's so-called ‘Seven Dangerous Days’. That compares to the 105 new COVID deaths reported Monday, thus the daily COVID death toll was four times higher for the day.

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/39382/songkrans-seven-dangerous-days-begins-with-spike-in-road-deaths

Covid 19 is not over for the world @smedly.  Countries have decided to live with it and try and recover from the destruction and havoc it caused to families, businesses and tourism.  Thailand is far behind the curve and the fake numbers shown by the strange graph that Thailand's cases show indicates that they do not test appropriately and have destroyed there own economy for over 2/3rds of the countries people.  The only ones making any money are those in Government.  Serious cases, intubations and deaths are still climbing and have never peaked like elsewhere before dropping back down.  The majority elsewhere that are seeing cases rising and deaths are those created by the unvaccinated.  That is also why we see what we see here in the country as the unvaccinated are the ones seen in the majority of deaths and serious cases.  If this Government would ensure folks were vaccinated and using that as the caveat for opening up and living with Covid then that could be a possibility in the future, but we are far from that timeline.

 

Great to see numbers dropping.

 

Time to follow the UK’s lead (again!) and open up. It’s over. Endemic. Move on.

37 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Great to see numbers dropping.

 

Time to follow the UK’s lead (again!) and open up. It’s over. Endemic. Move on.

When I look around my housing estate people people are getting back to normal- very little mask use or social distancing.

 

However, whilst the majority of people likely broadly agree with your sentiments, it should be noted that there will be hundreds or even thousands of excess deaths while the outbreak rages. This is because even Omicron can be a killer disease for people living with serious health issues, and it is highly contagious.

 

So, really those at risk should be shielded as much as possible and then go ahead imo.  Mind you, when they don't get vaccinated, what is there to do?

COVID-19: Thailand reports 106 deaths, 23,015 new coronavirus cases, 27,626 recoveries

 

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Thailand on Wednesday (April 13) reported 23,015 new COVID-19 cases, 27,626 recoveries and 106 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256631-covid-19-thailand-reports-106-deaths-23015-new-coronavirus-cases-27626-recoveries/

 

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