The death toll from COVID-19 exceeded 100 for three days in a row on today (Tuesday), with people who are over 60, those suffering from certain underlying diseases and pregnant women, accounting for 97% of the fatalities, according to Disease Control Department Director-General Dr. Opart Karnkawinpong.

 

101 deaths and 19,982 confirmed COVID-19 infections were recorded today. Of the fatalities, 83 were over 60 and 15 were afflicted with underlying diseases and one was a three-month infant. 16 were found to be infected at the time of their deaths.

 

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Dr. Opart noted that 94% of the deaths had not received booster vaccine jabs and fatalities among bed-ridden patients is rising.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailands-covid-19-death-toll-exceeds-100-for-three-consecutive-days/

 

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Very sad to read.

This virus has a way to go.

When you think that in 2019, before Covid, the average DAILY death toll was 1,386 then it makes you wonder if these Covid deaths are people dying with Covid or from Covid or if they would have died anyway? For me, anyone who is over say 85 years old is already on borrowed time. 

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On 4/13/2022 at 12:34 AM, Andy7575 said:

When you think that in 2019, before Covid, the average DAILY death toll was 1,386 then it makes you wonder if these Covid deaths are people dying with Covid or from Covid or if they would have died anyway? For me, anyone who is over say 85 years old is already on borrowed time. 

Even if one assumes that COVID was the cause of death in each of the 100+ daily deaths, is 100 deaths a lot in a country of 70,000,000?  In the USA, about 1% of the population dies each year...about 3.4M

Covid-19 deaths per 1 million population in the last 7 days

(Last updated: April 17, 2022, 15:41 GMT)

 

Thailand: 11

Italy: 16

UK: 22

USA: 7

 

Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/weekly-trends/#weekly_table

 

Edited April 17, 20224 yr by Puccini
added USA

9 hours ago, nattaya09 said:

Even if one assumes that COVID was the cause of death in each of the 100+ daily deaths, is 100 deaths a lot in a country of 70,000,000?  In the USA, about 1% of the population dies each year...about 3.4M

It is when they are excess deaths, or as in this case, ones being allocated to a particular disease, that concern is elevated. They are seen as preventable. 

If a plane crashed each day, killing 100, the world would require action.