Weekly Thai Ministry of Public Health COVID reports

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thailand MoPH Weekly COVID report for Apr. 28 - May 4, 2024:

 

--1,792 new COVID hospitalizations, averaging 256 per day, up 120 / 7.2% from the prior week

--12 new COVID deaths, up 3 / 33.3% from the prior week

--501 current COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition (pneumonia symptoms), up 111 / 28.5% from the prior week (dark purple)

--187 current COVID patients hospitalized requiring intubation/ventilation to breathe, up 39 / 26.4% from the prior week (light purple)

 

Cumulative figures since the start of the current year are COVID new hospitalizations (13,057) & COVID deaths (93).

 

Of the 12 new official COVID deaths, the MoPH below is reporting that 6 were male and 6 female. By age, 11 were 70 and above, and one was age 20-49.

 

 

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

 

Reported weekly COVID new hospitalizations have now risen for the past 8 consecutive weeks since mid-March and more than tripled over that period, as follows for the weeks ending:

 

March 16 -- 501

March 23 -- 630

March 30 -- 728

April 6 -- 774

April 13 -- 849

April 20 -- 1,004

April 27 -- 1,672

May 4 -- 1,792

 

The latest weekly new COVID hospitalizations total is Thailand's highest since mid-June 2023, when the total hit 2,158. Thailand's weekly new COVID hospitalizations peaked last spring at 3,085 in early June amid a similar run-up that began in mid-April.

 

 

[stoner]

good work. you have single handedly kept this thread going for 6 months. 

[Red Phoenix]

7 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Thailand MoPH Weekly COVID report for Apr. 28 - May 4, 2024:

 

--1,792 new COVID hospitalizations, averaging 256 per day, up 120 / 7.2% from the prior week

--12 new COVID deaths, up 3 / 33.3% from the prior week

--501 current COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition (pneumonia symptoms), up 111 / 28.5% from the prior week (dark purple)

--187 current COVID patients hospitalized requiring intubation/ventilation to breathe, up 39 / 26.4% from the prior week (light purple)

 

Cumulative figures since the start of the current year are COVID new hospitalizations (13,057) & COVID deaths (93).

 

Of the 12 new official COVID deaths, the MoPH below is reporting that 6 were male and 6 female. By age, 11 were 70 and above, and one was age 20-49.

 

 

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

 

Reported weekly COVID new hospitalizations have now risen for the past 8 consecutive weeks since mid-March and more than tripled over that period, as follows for the weeks ending:

 

March 16 -- 501

March 23 -- 630

March 30 -- 728

April 6 -- 774

April 13 -- 849

April 20 -- 1,004

April 27 -- 1,672

May 4 -- 1,792

 

The latest weekly new COVID hospitalizations total is Thailand's highest since mid-June 2023, when the total hit 2,158. Thailand's weekly new COVID hospitalizations peaked last spring at 3,085 in early June amid a similar run-up that began in mid-April.

 

To put this tripling of weekly COVID new hospitalizations in perspective the Thai population of almost 72 million should be taken into account.

The May 4 week number of 1,792 new COVID hospitalizations means 1 in approx 40.000 got hospitalized for 'Covid'. 

Add to this - as admitted by the CDC - that Covid symptoms are very similar with having catched flu, there should be no reason for any panic.  

Imo such scare-mongering is only meant to 'combat vaccine hesitancy' as the uptake is 'disappointing' (for the credibility of Public Health officials and revenue of Big Pharma).

[Robert Paulson]

More fear = more shots

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Is COVID getting better or worse in Thailand now vs. a year ago? What do the numbers say?  Not a good look!

 

First week of May 2023:

1,699 new COVID hospitalizations

10 COVID deaths

219 COVID hospitalized patients in serious condition

113 COVID hospitalized patients requiring intubation/ventilation

 

First week of May 2024 (as shown above in this thread):

1,792 new COVID hospitalizations

12 COVID deaths

501 COVID hospitalized patients in serious condition

(a 28% increase over the prior week and a reported tally that is Thailand's highest in almost a year and a half).

187 COVID hospitalized patients requiring intubation/ventilation

 

Source: Weekly COVID report from May 2023:

 

 

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

 

 

 

[johng]

3 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

1,792 new COVID hospitalizations

12 COVID deaths

501 COVID hospitalized patients in serious condition

(a 28% increase over the prior week and a reported tally that is Thailand's highest in almost a year and a half).

187 COVID hospitalized patients requiring intubation/ventilation

 

Age and co-morbidities  of these poor souls

ohh never mind I see some statistics from and earlier report.

On 5/6/2024 at 12:21 AM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Of the 12 new official COVID deaths, the MoPH below is reporting that 6 were male and 6 female. By age, 11 were 70 and above, and one was age 20-49.

Why don't they just report the actual ages of the victims ?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

2 minutes ago, johng said:

 

Age and co-morbidities  of these poor souls

ohh never mind I see some statistics from and earlier report.

Why don't they just report the actual ages of the victims ?

 

Why don't they also report the general age ranges of those hospitalized in serious condition and those requiring intubation to breath because of COVID?

 

Also, why don't they provide any details about the COVID death of a 0-4 year-old that was reported at the end of last month? Or the COVID death of a 20-49 year-old that was reported for the past week?

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

15 minutes ago, johng said:

Why don't they just report the actual ages of the victims ?

 

Because that detail wouldn't fit well on their nice weekly charts...

[johng]

2 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Because that detail wouldn't fit well on their nice weekly charts...

I have another idea as to why  but expressing it here would be futile so I wont.

[Ben Zioner]

24 minutes ago, johng said:

 

Age and co-morbidities  of these poor souls

ohh never mind I see some statistics from and earlier report.

Why don't they just report the actual ages of the victims ?

Rightly they assume that by now everyone should have understood that those most likely to die from Covid are the sick and elderly. So get vaccinated if you belong to that category.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

8 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

Rightly they assume that by now everyone should have understood that those most likely to die from Covid are the sick and elderly.

 

Except when they're not:

 

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Also, why don't they provide any details about the COVID death of a 0-4 year-old that was reported at the end of last month? Or the COVID death of a 20-49 year-old that was reported for the past week?

 

BTW, hope you're not suggesting you think it's fine to write off folks in their 60s and 70s or older, and consider their deaths from COVID nothing to be concerned about, when in many cases they would have had years more to live?

 

That demographic, BTW, certainly includes a goodly portion of the members and participants in this forum, myself included!

 

 

Edited May 7 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[stoner]

18 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Except when they're not:

 

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Also, why don't they provide any details about the COVID death of a 0-4 year-old that was reported at the end of last month? Or the COVID death of a 20-49 year-old that was reported for the past week?

 

2 out of 12.

 

so you are wrong john. most of the deaths are of elderly in the stats. 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

No, I never said or meant to imply that the elderly aren't most of the reported COVID deaths here. They are...

 

I merely pointed out, they're not ALL or the ONLY reported COVID deaths here, which is correct. Sorry if my phrasing didn't properly convey that intended message.

 

 

Edited May 7 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thailand MoPH Weekly COVID report for May 5 - 11, 2024:

 

--1,880 new COVID hospitalizations, averaging 269 per day, up 88 / 4.9% from the prior week

--11 new COVID deaths, down 1 / 8% from the prior week

--588 current COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition (pneumonia symptoms), up 87 / 17.4% from the prior week (dark purple)

--237 current COVID patients hospitalized requiring intubation/ventilation to breathe, up 50 / 27% from the prior week (light purple)

 

Cumulative figures since the start of the current year are COVID new hospitalizations (14,937) & COVID deaths (104).

 

Of the 11 new official COVID deaths, the MoPH below is reporting that 4 were male and 7 female. By age, 10 were 70 and above, and one was age 60-69.

 

 

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

 

Reported weekly COVID new hospitalizations have now risen for the past 9 consecutive weeks since mid-March and more than tripled over that period, as follows for the weeks ending:

 

March 16 -- 501

March 23 -- 630

March 30 -- 728

April 6 -- 774

April 13 -- 849

April 20 -- 1,004

April 27 -- 1,672

May 4 -- 1,792

May 11 -- 1,880

 

The latest weekly new COVID hospitalizations total is Thailand's highest since mid-June 2023, when the total hit 2,158. Thailand's weekly new COVID hospitalizations peaked last spring at 3,085 in early June amid a similar run-up that began in mid-April.

 

 

[Red Phoenix]

29 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Thailand MoPH Weekly COVID report for May 5 - 11, 2024:

 

--1,880 new COVID hospitalizations, averaging 269 per day, up 88 / 4.9% from the prior week

--11 new COVID deaths, down 1 / 8.3% from the prior week

--588 current COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition (pneumonia symptoms), up 87 / 17.4% from the prior week (dark purple)

--237 current COVID patients hospitalized requiring intubation/ventilation to breathe, up 50 / 27% from the prior week (light purple)

 

Cumulative figures since the start of the current year are COVID new hospitalizations (14,937) & COVID deaths (104).

 

Of the 11 new official COVID deaths, the MoPH below is reporting that 4 were male and 7 female. By age, 10 were 70 and above, and one was age 60-69.

 

 

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

 

Reported weekly COVID new hospitalizations have now risen for the past 9 consecutive weeks since mid-March and more than tripled over that period, as follows for the weeks ending:

 

March 16 -- 501

March 23 -- 630

March 30 -- 728

April 6 -- 774

April 13 -- 849

April 20 -- 1,004

April 27 -- 1,672

May 4 -- 1,792

May 11 -- 1,880

 

The latest weekly new COVID hospitalizations total is Thailand's highest since mid-June 2023, when the total hit 2,158. Thailand's weekly new COVID hospitalizations peaked last spring at 3,085 in early June amid a similar run-up that began in mid-April.

 

As I wrote several times before, one should look at these figures in context. 

The population of Thailand stood at 71.85 million in January 2024.

And so these cumulative figures since the start of the current year translate into: 

# COVID new hospitalizations (14,937) > stands for 1 COVID hospitalization per 4.810 persons during that 4.5 month period

# COVID deaths (104) > stands for 1 COVID death per 690.865 persons during that 4.5 month period

Pretty scary he?

 

Oh yes, and of the 11 new official COVID deaths, the MoPH below is reporting that 4 were male and 7 female. By age, 10 were 70 and above, and one was age 60-69. 

I think that pretty much shows that COVID could be a small risk for the ELDERLY, but that it is a Big Nothing-burger for the younger and working-age population. 

And hey, why would the Public Health authorities want EVERYBODY to be up-to-date with their Covid-shots considering that they now finally admit that the shots have 'rare uncommon' adverse effects?  And remember that these adverse effects are all short-term...

 

Edited May 13 by stats
unsourced and unsubstantiated claim removed

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

43 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

Oh yes, and of the 11 new official COVID deaths, the MoPH below is reporting that 4 were male and 7 female. By age, 10 were 70 and above, and one was age 60-69.

I think that pretty much shows that COVID could be a small risk for the ELDERLY, but that it is a Big Nothing-burger for the younger and working-age population. 

 

You're talking about risk only on the basis of Thailand's relatively few official COVID deaths -- which past studies have shown to be undercounts to the actual levels of likely COVID deaths.

 

And for the record, Thailand among its official COVID deaths has reported one involving a young child and another involving a 20-49-year-old just in the past month. No details about the particulars of those cases.

 

But that assessment doesn't take into account the much larger numbers of serious COVID hospitalizations -- 588 current as of last week, and 14,937 total thus far for the year.

 

And for that group, the Thai MoPH doesn't publicly release any age or other demographic information. So we don't really know the details of just whom COVID is making seriously ill in Thailand.  I'd guess the elderly predominate there as has generally been the case elsewhere in recent times, but to what extent younger people are involved as they have been elsewhere in smaller numbers, we simply don't know.

 

 

Edited May 13 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[dhupverg]

>>No details about the particulars of those cases.

 

>>>So we don't really know the details of just whom COVID is making seriously ill in Thailand. 

 

So just keep pushing fear than, well done.  Makes sense that those who passed away were elderly and in poor health, also makes sense that those who are seriously affected are also elderly and in ill health.  What doesn't make sense is that those who are seriously affected are young and heatlhy, but nevermind that, keep pushing fear.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 13 by stats
trolling comment removed

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

40 minutes ago, dhupverg said:

What doesn't make sense is that those who are seriously affected are young and heatlhy,

 

The elderly make up the majority of COVID hospitalizations and deaths these days, even up to two-thirds or so for COVID hospitalizations, depending on the source. But that still leaves a lot of younger people in the remaining one-fourth to one-third of the population who still are getting sick from COVID.

 

Per the U.S. CDC:

 

"During the first seven months of 2023, adults 65 years and older accounted for 63% of hospitalizations and 88% of in-hospital deaths from COVID-19."

 

That means people under 65 accounted for more than one-third of U.S. COVID hospitalizations during that period, and 12 percent of in-hospital COVID deaths.

 

https://www.cdc.gov/ncird/whats-new/changing-threat-covid-19.html

 

Edited May 13 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Robert Paulson]

On 5/7/2024 at 3:49 PM, johng said:

I have another idea as to why  but expressing it here would be futile so I wont.

Don’t think or ask question. Just get into herd behavior zone and you’ll be fine. Trust us

[Robert Paulson]

On 5/7/2024 at 3:56 PM, Ben Zioner said:

Rightly they assume that by now everyone should have understood that those most likely to die from Covid are the sick and elderly. So get vaccinated if you belong to that category.

That’s exactly right. Almost anyway. I’d say get vaccinated if you feel the need to do so. A 70 year old who’s spelunking and running thai marathons may not want to for example. See we can almost fully agree when you say sensible things. 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thailand MoPH Weekly COVID report for May 12 - 18, 2024:

 

--1,882 new COVID hospitalizations, averaging 269 per day, up 2 from the prior week

--16 new COVID deaths, up 5 / 45% from the prior week

--679 current COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition (pneumonia symptoms), up 91 / 15% from the prior week (dark purple)

--281 current COVID patients hospitalized requiring intubation/ventilation to breathe, up 44 / 19% from the prior week (light purple)

 

Cumulative figures since the start of the current year are COVID new hospitalizations (16,819) & COVID deaths (120).

 

Of the 16 new official COVID deaths, the MoPH below is reporting that 8 were male and 8 female. By age, 8 were 70 and above, 5 were 60-69, 1 was 50-59, and 2 were 20-49.

 

 

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

 

Reported weekly COVID new hospitalizations have now risen for the past 10 consecutive weeks since mid-March, despite the very small latest increase in the past week, and have more than tripled over that period, as follows for the weeks ending:

 

March 16 -- 501

March 23 -- 630

March 30 -- 728

April 6 -- 774

April 13 -- 849

April 20 -- 1,004

April 27 -- 1,672

May 4 -- 1,792

May 11 -- 1,880

May 18 - 1,882

 

The latest weekly new COVID hospitalizations total is Thailand's highest since mid-June 2023, when the total hit 2,158. Thailand's weekly new COVID hospitalizations peaked last spring at 3,085 in early June amid a similar run-up that began in mid-April.

 

[paddypower]

On 4/29/2024 at 7:30 AM, Robert Paulson said:

.

would be useful to get the info they used to report - cases by province . although those with a black sense of humour do get opportunities like mine, yesterday: a couple of Thai tourists on the beach, taking photos of each other with their masks on.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thailand MoPH Weekly COVID report for May 19 - 25, 2024:

 

--1,801 new COVID hospitalizations, averaging 257 per day, down 81 / -4.3% from the prior week

--6 new COVID deaths, down 10 / -62.5% from the prior week

--689 current COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition (pneumonia symptoms), up 10 / 1.5% from the prior week (dark purple)

--305 current COVID patients hospitalized requiring intubation/ventilation to breathe, up 24 / 8.5% from the prior week (light purple)

 

Cumulative figures since the start of the current year are COVID new hospitalizations (18,620) & COVID deaths (126).

 

Of the 6 new official COVID deaths for the past week, the MoPH below is reporting that 5 were male and 1 female. By age, all 6 were reported to be age 70 and above.

 

 

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

 

The latest MoPH report on new weekly COVID hospitalizations marked the first reported decline in new cases after 10 consecutive weeks of increases dating back to mid-March. Even so, the current levels of new weekly COVID hospitalizations remain more than three times higher than at the start of the recent surge. The weekly new COVID hospitalizations during that period have been:

 

March 16 -- 501

March 23 -- 630

March 30 -- 728

April 6 -- 774

April 13 -- 849

April 20 -- 1,004

April 27 -- 1,672

May 4 -- 1,792

May 11 -- 1,880

May 18 - 1,882

May 25 -- 1,801

 

By comparison, Thailand's key weekly COVID indicators to start 2024 were 664 new COVID hospitalizations and 4 COVID deaths for the first week of the year. Last year, Thailand had a similar spring COVID surge that saw new weekly COVID hospitalizations peak at 3,085 in early June.

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

50 minutes ago, paddypower said:

would be useful to get the info they used to report - cases by province . although those with a black sense of humour do get opportunities like mine, yesterday: a couple of Thai tourists on the beach, taking photos of each other with their masks on.

 

The Thai MoPH website has a somewhat surprising breakdown of cumulative COVID deaths reported thus far in 2024 by region and province (see the right column below):

 

 

Per Google Translate:

 

 

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

 

PS - It may exist somewhere, but I haven't been able to find thus far a comparable breakdown by province of COVID hospitalizations.

 

 

Edited May 27 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[paddypower]

1 minute ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

The Thai MoPH website has a somewhat surprising breakdown of cumulative COVID deaths reported thus far in 2024 by region and province (see the right column below):

 

 

Per Google Translate:

 

 

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

 

thanks buddy! not sure why i had forgotten this website. will bookmark it. I live in the NST/Surathani area.

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thailand MoPH Weekly COVID report for May 26 - June 1, 2024:

 

--1,863 new COVID hospitalizations, averaging 266 per day, up 62 / 3.4% from the prior week

--6 new COVID deaths, the same as the prior week

--738 current COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition (pneumonia symptoms), up 49 / 7.1% from the prior week (dark purple)

--316 current COVID patients hospitalized requiring intubation/ventilation to breathe, up 11 / 3.6% from the prior week (light purple)

 

The current level of new weekly COVID hospitalizations remains more than three times higher than at the start of the recent surge in mid-March.

 

The latest weekly tally of serious condition COVID hospitalized patients is Thailand's highest since late August 2022. The tally of those requiring ventilation to breathe is Thailand's highest since late December 2022.

 

Cumulative figures since the start of the current year are COVID new hospitalizations (20,483) & COVID deaths (132).

 

Of the 6 new official COVID deaths for the past week, the MoPH below is reporting that 3 were male and 3 female. By age, 3 were ages 70 and above, 2 ages 60-69, and 1 age 20-49.

 

 

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

 

The latest MoPH report on new weekly COVID hospitalizations showed them resuming a long series of weekly increases after a one week decline last month in May. The weekly new COVID hospitalizations during this recent period have been:

 

March 16 -- 501

March 23 -- 630

March 30 -- 728

April 6 -- 774

April 13 -- 849

April 20 -- 1,004

April 27 -- 1,672

May 4 -- 1,792

May 11 -- 1,880

May 18 - 1,882

May 25 -- 1,801

June 1 -- 1,863

 

By comparison, Thailand's key weekly COVID indicators to start 2024 were 664 new COVID hospitalizations and 4 COVID deaths for the first week of the year. Last year, Thailand had a similar spring COVID surge that saw new weekly COVID hospitalizations peak at 3,085 in early June, so the current numbers remain below last spring's peak.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thailand MoPH Weekly COVID report for June 2 - 8, 2024:

 

--2,762 new COVID hospitalizations, averaging 395 per day, up 899 / 48.3% from the prior week

--5 new COVID deaths, down 1 / -16.7% from the prior week

--663 current COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition (pneumonia symptoms), down 75 / -10.2% from the prior week (dark purple)

--286 current COVID patients hospitalized requiring intubation/ventilation to breathe, down 30 / -9.5% from the prior week (light purple)

 

The current level of new weekly COVID hospitalizations climbed markedly to more than five times the number (501) at the start of the recent surge in mid-March, and reached Thailand's highest weekly total since early June 2023.

 

The latest weekly tallies of serious condition COVID hospitalized patients and those requiring ventilation to breathe both declined last week, falling from what had been year-high totals in the past several weeks.

 

Cumulative figures since the start of the year are COVID hospitalizations (23,245) & COVID deaths (137).

 

Of the 5 new official COVID deaths for the past week, the MoPH is reporting that 2 were male and 3 female. By age, 3 were ages 70 and above, and 2 were ages 50-59. The Thai MoPH in the past has adopted a relatively narrow definition of the types of deaths it will count as COVID deaths.

 

 

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

 

The latest MoPH report on new weekly COVID hospitalizations showing a week-over-week increase of 899 new hospitalizations marks one of the largest weekly increases in memory. The weekly COVID new hospitalization totals since the current surge began in mid-March have been:

 

March 16 -- 501

March 23 -- 630

March 30 -- 728

April 6 -- 774

April 13 -- 849

April 20 -- 1,004

April 27 -- 1,672

May 4 -- 1,792

May 11 -- 1,880

May 18 - 1,882

May 25 -- 1,801

June 1 -- 1,863

June 8 -- 2,762

 

By comparison, Thailand's key weekly COVID indicators to start 2024 were 664 new COVID hospitalizations and 4 COVID deaths for the first week of the year. Last year, Thailand had a similar spring COVID surge that saw new weekly COVID hospitalizations peak at 3,085 in early June, so the latest weekly tally now remains only slightly below last spring's peak.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thailand MoPH Weekly COVID report for June 9-15, 2024:

 

--2,881 new COVID hospitalizations, averaging 412 per day, up 119 / 4.3% from the prior week

--7 new COVID deaths, up 2 / 40% from the prior week

--748 current COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition (pneumonia symptoms), up 85 / 12.8% from the prior week (dark purple)

--339 current COVID patients hospitalized requiring intubation/ventilation to breathe, up 53 / 18.5% from the prior week (light purple)

 

The current level of new weekly COVID hospitalizations has climbed markedly to more than five times the number (501) at the start of the recent surge in mid-March, and reached Thailand's highest weekly total since early June 2023 when that count reached 3,085.

 

The latest weekly tally of 748 serious condition COVID hospitalized patients rose to its highest level since late August 2022 when that count was 763. The tally of 339 hospitalized patients requiring ventilation to breathe rose to its highest level since late December 2022 when the number was 352.

 

Cumulative figures since the start of the year are COVID hospitalizations (26,126) & COVID deaths (144).

 

Of the 7 new official COVID deaths for the past week, the MoPH is reporting that 2 were male and 5 female. By age, 4 were ages 70 and above, 1 age 60-69, and 2 were ages 20-49.

 

The latest weekly COVID deaths total has remained in the same typical single-digit range seen most of this year, despite the large increases in hospitalizations. The Thai MoPH in the past has adopted a relatively narrow definition of the types of deaths it will count as official COVID deaths.

 

 

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

 

The latest MoPH report on new weekly COVID hospitalizations shows them continuing a long upward climb, with week-over-week increases in 13 of the past 14 weeks since mid-March. The new weekly COVID hospitalizations during the recent period have been:

 

March 16 -- 501

March 23 -- 630

March 30 -- 728

April 6 -- 774

April 13 -- 849

April 20 -- 1,004

April 27 -- 1,672

May 4 -- 1,792

May 11 -- 1,880

May 18 - 1,882

May 25 -- 1,801

June 1 -- 1,863

June 8 -- 2,762

June 15 -- 2,881

 

By comparison, Thailand's key weekly COVID indicators to start 2024 were 664 new COVID hospitalizations and 4 COVID deaths for the first week of the year. Last year, Thailand had a similar spring COVID surge that saw new weekly COVID hospitalizations peak at 3,085 in early June, so the latest weekly tally now remains just below last spring's peak.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thailand MoPH Weekly COVID report for June 16-22, 2024:

 

--1,823 new COVID hospitalizations, averaging 260 per day, down 1,058 / -36.7% from 2,881 the prior week

--12 new COVID deaths, up 5 / 71.4% from 7 the prior week

--732 current COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition (pneumonia symptoms), down 16 / -2.1% from 748 the prior week (dark purple)

--347 current COVID patients hospitalized requiring intubation/ventilation to breathe, up 8 / 2.4% from 339 the prior week (light purple)

 

The latest tally of 12 weekly COVID deaths is tied for the second highest weekly total thus far in 2024, and is exceeded only by the 16 COVID deaths reported for the week ending May 18.

 

The current level of new weekly COVID hospitalizations, even with the week's huge decline, remains almost four times the number (501) at the start of the recent surge in mid-March, though now well below the year-high from two weeks ago of 2,881.

 

The latest weekly tally of 732 serious condition COVID hospitalized patients declined slightly from the prior week's total that had been Thailand's highest since late August 2022. Last week's tally of 347 hospitalized patients requiring ventilation to breathe rose slightly and remained at Thailand's highest level since late December 2022 when the number was 352.

 

Cumulative figures since the start of the year are COVID hospitalizations (27,949) & COVID deaths (156).

 

Of the 12 new official COVID deaths for the past week, the MoPH is reporting that 8 were male and 4 female. By age, 11 were ages 70 and above, and 1 age 10-19.

 

 

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

 

The latest MoPH report on 1,823 new weekly COVID hospitalizations marks the largest one-week decline of 2024, following the prior week's year-high weekly total of 2,881. The new weekly COVID hospitalizations since this year's spring surge began in mid-March have been:

 

March 16 -- 501

March 23 -- 630

March 30 -- 728

April 6 -- 774

April 13 -- 849

April 20 -- 1,004

April 27 -- 1,672

May 4 -- 1,792

May 11 -- 1,880

May 18 - 1,882

May 25 -- 1,801

June 1 -- 1,863

June 8 -- 2,762

June 15 -- 2,881

June 22 -- 1,823

 

By comparison, Thailand's key weekly COVID indicators to start 2024 were 664 new COVID hospitalizations and 4 COVID deaths for the first week of the year. Last year, Thailand had a similar spring COVID surge that saw new weekly COVID hospitalizations peak at 3,085 in early June before declining into the fall.

 

 

Edited June 23 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thailand MoPH Weekly COVID report for June 23-29, 2024:

 

--3,256 new COVID hospitalizations, averaging 465 per day, up 1,433 / 78.6% from 1,823 the prior week

--16 new COVID deaths, up 4 / 33.3% from 12 the prior week

--709 current COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition (pneumonia symptoms), down 23 / -3.1% from 732 the prior week (dark purple)

--336 current COVID patients hospitalized requiring intubation/ventilation to breathe, down 11 / -3.2% from 347 the prior week (light purple)

 

The latest 3,256 weekly tally of new COVID hospitalizations is Thailand's highest weekly total since mid-December 2022 (3,419), exceeded last year's high of 3,085 from early June 2023, and marked by far the largest week-over-week increase this year.

 

The latest reported level of new weekly COVID hospitalizations also now is more than six times the number (501) at the start of the recent surge in mid-March.

 

The latest tally of 16 weekly COVID deaths ties the weekly high for Thailand for 2024, equaling the same weekly total for the week ending May 18.

 

The latest weekly tallies of 709 serious condition COVID hospitalized patients and 336 hospitalized patients requiring ventilation to breathe both declined slightly in the latest week to remain slightly below the more than year-high peaks set two weeks ago.

 

Cumulative figures since the start of the year are COVID hospitalizations (31,205) & COVID deaths (172).

 

Of the 16 new official COVID deaths for the past week, the MoPH is reporting that 7 were male and 9 female. By age, 10 were ages 70 and above, and 2 each were in the age ranges 60-69, 50-59, and 20-49.

 

 

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New weekly COVID hospitalizations in Thailand now have risen for 14 of the past 16 weeks. The weekly totals since this year's spring surge began in mid-March have been:

 

March 16 -- 501

March 23 -- 630

March 30 -- 728

April 6 -- 774

April 13 -- 849

April 20 -- 1,004

April 27 -- 1,672

May 4 -- 1,792

May 11 -- 1,880

May 18 - 1,882

May 25 -- 1,801

June 1 -- 1,863

June 8 -- 2,762

June 15 -- 2,881

June 22 -- 1,823

June 29 -- 3,256

 

By comparison, Thailand's key weekly COVID indicators to start 2024 were 664 new COVID hospitalizations and 4 COVID deaths for the first week of the year. Last year, Thailand had a similar spring COVID surge that saw new weekly COVID hospitalizations peak at 3,085 in early June before declining into the fall.