Thailand reports drop in hospitalised Covid cases during first week of 2023

[webfact]

File photo: Asian Development Bank

 

By Peter Roche

Thailand’s Department of Disease Control has reported a drop in the number of Covid patients being hospitalised during the first week of this year. A total of 997 patients were hospitalised, at an average of 142 a day. According to department boss, Dr Tares Krassanairawiwong, that number is half that of the week before.

 

Nation Thailand reports that 382 patients are being treated for lung infections, with 242 on ventilators. However, lung infections and the number on ventilators has fallen by 28% and 30% respectively, when compared to the last week of 2022, according to Tares.

 

There have been 58 Covid-related deaths during the first week of 2023, or an average of 8 a day. With the exception of one patient, all the deaths were in people in high-risk groups, including the elderly or those with underlying health conditions.

 

Of those who died, 32 were either not vaccinated or had received only a single vaccine dose. 16 had not received any booster dose and in the case of 10 people, it had been more than 3 months since they received a booster. Tares says there were no deaths reported in the patients who received a booster dose less than 3 months ago.

 

“Hence, the Public Health Ministry is encouraging people to receive at least 4 jabs, especially those in the vulnerable group.”

 

Meanwhile, Thailand has now administered over 149 million doses of Covid vaccines, according to Sopon Iamsirithaworn from the DDC. The Food and Drug Administration has also extended the expiry date for Pfizer vaccination from 9 months to 15 months.

 

Sopon adds that vaccines remain available at public and private clinics for those who need them and AstraZeneca vaccines are being offered to those who do not want an mRNA vaccine.

 

Source: https://phuket-go.com/phuket-news/national-news/thailand-reports-drop-in-hospitalised-covid-cases-during-first-week-of-2023/

 

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[Celsius]

I thought they stopped reporting?

 

This is bad news.

[realfunster]

8 minutes ago, Celsius said:

I thought they stopped reporting?

 

This is bad news.

I think they have stopped reporting cases, not deaths. Sure someone will clarify for us !

 

Apart from the sad deaths of those before their time, this doesn't appear bad news to me based on the data below. Now we are at the lowest daily death rate since covid kicked-off in Thailand in April 2021. The peak in early '23, is the 58 deaths in the OP being reported on 1 day being Jan 9th, as they didn't report since Jan 2nd.

 

 

 

 

[ikke1959]

we will see in the coming weeks

[Mavideol]

36 minutes ago, webfact said:

a drop in the number of Covid patients being hospitalised during the first week of this year.

Chinese were not here yet.... let's look at the numbers by end of the month

[hotchilli]

43 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

Chinese were not here yet.... let's look at the numbers by end of the month

Maybe the reporting of dropping numbers coincides with possible Chinese bookings...

[mrbojangles]

Anti vax post removed

[BananaStrong]

Barn door closed.  Horses gone.   Barn in flames.  Date:  Jan 11

 

Reporting……Jan 1 to Jan 10, Barn in great shape.  Nothing to see here.   

[sammieuk1]

Fear not Xi's mob will get the numbers back up for sure ????

[natway09]

The barn door has been opened by the Health Dept who have ben told not to upset our Chinese friends. What are the chances that the beds will get filled very soon ?

[jacko45k]

And lo and behold, in the midst of all the fear of Chinese bringing mass Covid infections, we have a conciliatory media release to calm all our fears. Might just prove the numbers are not really trustworthy.  

[mikebell]

There are millions of Chinese Covid cases and thousands of Chinese deaths.  I know, let's let the Chinese in with no restrictions!  It would be funny if it weren't so tragic.

[Shop mak]

'10,000 beds prepared'

 

from other news sources, while department of decease say we are on a downward trend.

 

Why would they now made 10,000 bed ready, if the new influx of chinese, estimated to 100,000 per month, was not a threat?????

 

News around the world reporting huge numbers of C-19 in China.

 

Most others expect a spike in new covid cases in Thailand, next months. Thailand downplay and deny it.

[inactiveposter]

The graph showing deaths cannot be right. Covid hit Thailand (and everywhere) in early 2020, not April 2021. Is that when they started tracking it?

[Elkski]

10 die within 3 months of a booster? Hmm what ages? What booster and what strain did they have

[huangnon]

2 hours ago, mikebell said:

There are millions of Chinese Covid cases and thousands of Chinese deaths.  I know, let's let the Chinese in with no restrictions!  It would be funny if it weren't so tragic.

The Chinese CCP have outright lied, obfuscated and manipulated stats since the beginning of 2020.

 

Why would they be telling the truth now?