COVID-19: Thailand reports 20,455 new coronavirus cases, 25,933 recoveries, 128 deaths

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Thailand on Wednesday (April 20) reported 20,455 new COVID-19 cases, 25,933 recoveries and 128 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Wednesday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 4,084,299 with 27,263 deaths.

 

The news comes as the steady fall in daily COVID-19 infections during the Songkran holidays can be deceptive and may not reflect the real situation, as fewer RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests were conducted during the period, according to Dr. Chakkarat Pittayawonganon, director of the Division of Epidemiology, Disease Control Department, yesterday (Tuesday).

 

He said that, during the pre-Songkran period, about 100,000 RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests were conducted per day, but only about 80,000 tests a day were taken during the Songkran holidays, resulting in fewer than 20,000 confirmed infections per day, compared to about 25,000 cases a day the week before Songkran.

 

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[ikke1959]

Huh???? 100.000 tests brings about 25k positive cases 80.000 tests about 18.000??? 25% is positive so 25% of 80.000 is still 20.000... Where are the other cases as they reported days less than 20.000

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thailand on Wednesday reported 128 new COVID deaths, just one shy of the year’s record high and the 11^th consecutive day of 100-plus deaths, along with a slightly reduced number of 2,049 COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition, the sixth consecutive day of tallies above 2,000.

 

The 128 new COVID deaths were just one less than the year-high record of 129 set yesterday. The 2,049 COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition was a decline from the 2,104 reported yesterday, and the year-high number of 2,123 reported two days ago.

 

In a bit of seemingly encouraging news, among the serious condition hospitalized COVID patients, those in the worst condition who require intubation in order to breathe declined to 902 in Wednesday's report from year-high 940 the day before, one of the largest recent drops in that tally.

 

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Health reported 20,455 new official COVID cases, the highest number in the past six days and up from yesterday’s 16,891 count. But total active COVID cases under care were reported at 191,743, a substantial decline from the 197,349 tally reported yesterday.

 

Despite the one-day uptick in new cases reported Wednesday, the latest numbers overall are yet to show any broad signs of feared major increases in the wake of the just ended Songkran New Year's holidays, although those may take more time to develop.

 

Though in one sign of a possible post holidays impact, and of how Thailand's official COVID case reporting is very limited, the number of unofficial COVID cases from positive ATK tests reported Wednesday as 23,347 actually outnumbered the official 20,455 cases count. But the unofficial ATK cases don't count toward the country's officially reported cases tally.

 

Wednesday was the first time in more than a week that the unofficial new cases count, almost double the 12,945 unofficial cases count from the day before, actually outnumbered the official cases count.

 

For context, during the peak of the Delta wave last fall, Thailand's daily official 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/KhaosodEnglish/posts/5409394562412765

 

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

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

 

 

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

PCR test positive cases, total of 20,455 official new infections. 128 official covid deaths recorded.

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 23,347 bringing the total of PCR and ATK results to 43,802

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

 

OWD rolling 7 day average, cases and deaths up to 18th April

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

 

 

 

 

[malibukid]

time to baton down the hatches

[worrab]

Now we are creeping up again from the 93 cases yesterday. Is this the start of the Songkran Effect?

 

Health officials on Wednesday (April 20) reported 173 new COVID-19 cases in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, of which 38 cases were found in Hua Hin.

Elsewhere in the province, 25 cases were found in Pranburi, 25 cases in Sam Roi Yot, 3 cases in Kuiburi, 13 cases in Thap Sakae, 13 cases in Bang Saphan, 7 cases in Bang Saphan Noi, and 49 cases in Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan.

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

 

https://www.huahintoday.com/hua-hin-news/april-20-prachuap-reports-173-new-covid-19-cases-38-in-hua-hin/

[Stargeezr]

I always wonder about the ages of the people dying these days, is it still mostly the elderly,

or are younger people dying now as well. Just curious. Numbers are still higher than 100 per day. Same for the USA

but they seem to think that the pandemic is over. I guess having over 300 million people for a population,

and only a few hundred dying per day is not a big percentage. No more masks needed in the USA, 

likely means more people will be infected, but maybe one day the herd amount will be arrived at.

  Good Luck all of you in Thailand, stay healthy.

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COVID-19: Thailand reports 129 deaths, 21,931 new coronavirus cases, 24,691 recoveries

 

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Thailand on Thursday (April 21) reported 21,931 new COVID-19 cases, 24,619 recoveries and 129 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1257386-covid-19-thailand-reports-129-deaths-21931-new-coronavirus-cases-24691-recoveries/

 

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