Thailand reports 271 new COVID-19 cases, 2 additional deaths, huge jump in recoveries

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Thailand reports 271 new COVID-19 cases, 2 additional deaths, huge jump in recoveries

 

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Thailand reported 271 new coronavirus cases on Thursday and two additional deaths

 

Of the new cases, 259 were local transmissions, while 12 were imported from people entering quarantine.

 

Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin also said 717 people had been discharged from hospital having made a full recovery. 

 

3,296 people remain in hospital or held in a migrant worker quarantine centre.

 

Two new deaths were also reported. 

 

Thursday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 11,262, with 69 deaths.

 

The number of new infections and total cases in Thailand since 14 Dec is as follows:

 

14 Dec: +28 (4,237)

15 Dec: +9 (4,246)

16 Dec: +15 (4,261)

17 Dec: +20 (4,281)

18 Dec: +16 (4,297)

19 Dec: +34 (4,331)

20 Dec: +576 (4,907)

21 Dec: +382 (5,289)

22 Dec: +427 (5,716)

23 Dec: +46 (5,762)

24 Dec: +67 (5,829)

25 Dec: +81 (5,910)

26 Dec: +110 (6,020)

27 Dec: +121 (6,141)

28 Dec: +144 (6,285)

29 Dec: +155 (6,440)

30 Dec: +250 (6,690)

31 Dec: +194 (6,884)

1 Jan: +279 (7,163)

2 Jan: +216 (7,379) 

3 Jan: +315 (7,694)

4 Jan: +745 (8,439)

5 Jan: +527 (8,966)

6 Jan:+365 (9,331)

7 Jan:+305 (9,636)

8 Jan:+205 (9,841)

9 Jan:+212 (10,053)

10 Jan:+245 (10,298)

11 Jan:+249 (10,547)

12 Jan:+287 (10,834)

13 Jan:+157 (10,991)

14 Jan:+271 (11,262)

 

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[FarFlungFalang]

A massive increase percentage wise from yesterday's number.

Edited January 14, 2021 by FarFlungFalang

[foreverlomsak]

8 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

A massive increase percentage wise from yesterday's number.

Acknowledged but where, the details of where the people are is what's needed. 271 in Bangkok is one thing but 271 in a province that has only recorded 4 or 5 previously would be an astronomical increase (and nothing to do with fly me to the moon either) ditto the new deaths.

[Kaopad999]

Slightly worrying news indeed. But, with Thailand's fantastic Tarck'n Trace apps  (ThaiChana & MorChana)  i'm sure that they will be able to prevent the virus from spreading like wildfire. 

[mtls2005]

And don't forget, Dr. Taweesin also announced some good news. The Mor Chana tracing app has now been downloaded 7.18 million times which, he said, will help, along with wearing face masks, prevent people from getting infected by the virus.

 

Like and subscribe, big party when he hits 10 million "subscribers".

 

 

[Natai Beach]

20 minutes ago, foreverlomsak said:

Acknowledged but where, the details of where the people are is what's needed. 

That information is everywhere, on the news, online, newspapers.

They even report what ampuer, and the nationalities of the foreigners detected in quarantine. 

If you live in Thailand I don’t know how you could miss it. 
 

Turn on your TV, a 24/7 rolling coverage.

 

 

[kevin612]

We have a big number again today, hopefully it will be double digits at the end of the month.

[Kaopad999]

1 minute ago, mtls2005 said:

And don't forget, Dr. Taweesin also announced some good news. The Mor Chana tracing app has now been downloaded 7.18 million times which, he said, will help, along with wearing face masks, prevent people from getting infected by the virus.

 

Like and subscribe, big party when he hits 10 million "subscribers".

 

 

Don't forget Dr Yong Poovorawan.
He's provided some fantastic & critical  advice that i'm sure many people here will agree with. 

[foreverlomsak]

9 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

along with wearing face masks

Still a large part of the local population believe that, even in shops, if your wearing a mask it's for keeping your chin warm, especially in the cold period, and look at you funny as if to say what's wrong with you if you wear it correctly (covering mouth and nose).

[Kaopad999]

6 minutes ago, foreverlomsak said:

Still a large part of the local population believe that, even in shops, if your wearing a mask it's for keeping your chin warm, especially in the cold period, and look at you funny as if to say what's wrong with you if you wear it correctly (covering mouth and nose).

You should take a look at this if you don't believe that masks can help..
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2007800

 

[Sheryl]

1 hour ago, FarFlungFalang said:

A massive increase percentage wise from yesterday's number.

 

But no higher than the day before tht. Blips will happen due to the timing of results of testing being released.

 

Basically what we have had throughout January is 200 - 300 new cases a day plus periodic larger numbers in clusters of migrant workers who live and work in a single place.

 

Hasn't really gone up or down - but testing has gotten progressively more aggressive and wider in scope

[sapson]

23 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

but testing has gotten progressively more aggressive and wider in scope

 

Do you have a link to a site showing the testing numbers daily and where testing is being done.?

 

The percentage tested daily in relation to the 70 million population and the percentage positives of the numbers tested daily would be interesting.

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

[mommysboy]

Well, it's not bad news, as infections seem to be held in check.  However, as experience has shown you simply don't muck around if you want to eradicate this virus.  Thailand nailed its flag to the mast long ago, and it merely needs to do what it did before.  Playing with fire imo.

Edited January 14, 2021 by mommysboy

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271 new cases found as Briton, Thai succumb to complications from Covid-19

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported 271 new cases with two deaths on Thursday, including 12 people who tested positive in state quarantine facilities and near the border.

 

Of the returnees who tested positive, five are Thai nationals, two who flew in from the United Kingdom, one from Hungary, one from Russia and one from Germany. The cases also included an Indonesian national from Australia, two children from Pakistan, an American national, a Dutch national and a Canadian man who came from their respective countries.

 

A Thai woman, 29, who was caught sneaking across the Thai-Malaysia border on January 10 tested positive on Wednesday.

 

Of the new cases, 78 had been exposed to the virus while visiting high-risk places, of them 14 are Bangkok residents, including Myanmar and Indian citizens, and 36 live in Samut Sakhon, including Thais and Myanmar nationals.

 

Proactive testing led to 181 cases, including 170 foreigners and two Thais in Samut Sakhon, one Cambodian national in Chachoengsao, five Thais in Chonburi and three Thais in Rayong.

 

Taweesin Visanuyothin, CCSA spokesman, said Thailand’s 68th death from Covid-19 was a British man, 71, who suffered from diabetes, thyrotoxicosis and lung cancer. He arrived in Thailand on December 7 and tested positive on December 11. His symptoms worsened after he developed pneumonia and he passed away on Wednesday.

 

The 69th death was a 53-year-old Thai man who had diabetes. He had reportedly travelled to several provinces like Chanthaburi, Phetchaburi and Nonthaburi during the New Year holidays. His symptoms began developing and he was admitted to hospital on January 5 with pneumonia. He passed away on January 10.

 

Meanwhile, 717 patients have recovered and been discharged.

 

The total number of confirmed cases in Thailand has risen to 11,262 – 9,050 of which were contracted domestically, including 3,187 found via proactive testing and 2,212 were returnees. So far, 7,660 have recovered and been discharged, 3,533 patients are still in hospital and the death toll has risen to 69.

 

According to Worldometer, as of midnight on Wednesday, the total number of confirmed cases globally had risen to 92.78 million (up by 745,811), 66.29 million have recovered, 24.5 million are active cases (112,120 in severe condition) and 1.99 million have died (up by 16,001).

 

Thailand ranks 128th on the global list of most cases, while the US tops the list with 23.61 million, followed by India 10.51 million, Brazil 8.26 million, Russia 3.47 million and the United Kingdom 3.21 million.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30401230

 

 

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[finewine]

There are 90 local transmissions today amongst Thais. Nearly all the rest are from migrants from Myanmar. 

Go to worldometers.info Scroll to the bottom for the list of countries adding data. Find Thailand.  Click on green source and will display in Thai. Total today is 271. Figure below is 90 and below that is migrants. Same info as on Thai tv news

[finewine]

Apologies.  Should have said 78 not 90 which was yesterday. 

[Sheryl]

1 hour ago, sapson said:

 

Do you have a link to a site showing the testing numbers daily and where testing is being done.?

 

The percentage tested daily in relation to the 70 million population and the percentage positives of the numbers tested daily would be interesting.

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

No online link but multiple news reports over the past few days in the BP. Many of which included info on how many positive out of those tested. These each refer to a particle testing initiative in a particular place, I have not seen it all compiled into one. for example, today reports on plan to do 35,000 new tests in Samut Sakorn focused on workers at just 4 factories by the 24th - additional to all the testing already done in that province. Prior days have discussed numbers tested in other provinces.

 

Testing is not being focused on the entire population but rather concentrated in the areas and population groups most likely to have positive cases. As makes sense since the aim is to find and contain cases not document overall national prevalence.

[Sheryl]

p.s. You can download total tests performed worldwide here https://github.com/owid/covid-19-data/blob/master/public/data/testing/covid-testing-all-observations.xlsx

But have to do your own totals by country and Thailand is not yet updated past January 1 of this year.

 

Cumulative tests done from Jan 2020 - 1 January 2021 is 1.6 million. But some of that is repeat tests on same individual.

 

this site  will eventually show the more recent data which, you have to check it periodically

[Dazinoz]

2 hours ago, Kaopad999 said:

You should take a look at this if you don't believe that masks can help..
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2007800

 

Where did he say he didn't believe mask help? He was referring to many locals not wearing correctly.

[FarFlungFalang]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The 69th death was a 53-year-old Thai man who had diabetes. He had reportedly travelled to several provinces like Chanthaburi, Phetchaburi and Nonthaburi during the New Year holidays.

Which provinces are like Chanthaburi,Phetchaburi and Nonthaburi?

[sapson]

2 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Testing is not being focused on the entire population but rather concentrated in the areas and population groups most likely to have positive cases. As makes sense since the aim is to find and contain cases not document overall national prevalence.

 

I see the apparent strategy, however a week ago or so I highlighted the case of a Thai friend who was refused a test at a regional hub hospital here In khon kaen despite having many covid symptoms ,she was told its likely flu take paracetamol or if worried pay for a test at a private hospital.

 

The exclusion denial of test was because she hadnt recently been to the affected provinces, however in her village over the New years holiday their were at least a dozen factory workers from the Samut provinces, this scenario was probably the same in hundreds if not thousands of villages nationwide during that holiday period.

 

Since they chose to allow the New Years migration nationwide it would make sense to follow up with regional testing.

[Guderian]

4 hours ago, Sheryl said:

 

But no higher than the day before tht. Blips will happen due to the timing of results of testing being released.

 

Basically what we have had throughout January is 200 - 300 new cases a day plus periodic larger numbers in clusters of migrant workers who live and work in a single place.

 

Hasn't really gone up or down - but testing has gotten progressively more aggressive and wider in scope

 

It's the trace and test numbers that make it seem so variable.

On Tuesday there were 125 cases recorded that way.

On Wednesday there were none.

On Thursday (today), there were 181 trace and test cases reported (172 of them in Samut Sakhon alone). 

 

That means there were only 78 domestic cases reported today where the origin still has to be determined, which is significantly lower than in the last few days. As long as they can keep Samut Sakhon contained and don't become complacent about the number of "new" cases in Bangkok (14 today, the largest number of any province, yet again), then they should be able to get things back under control.

[Sheryl]

2 hours ago, sapson said:

 

I see the apparent strategy, however a week ago or so I highlighted the case of a Thai friend who was refused a test at a regional hub hospital here In khon kaen despite having many covid symptoms ,she was told its likely flu take paracetamol or if worried pay for a test at a private hospital.

 

The exclusion denial of test was because she hadnt recently been to the affected provinces, however in her village over the New years holiday their were at least a dozen factory workers from the Samut provinces, this scenario was probably the same in hundreds if not thousands of villages nationwide during that holiday period.

 

Since they chose to allow the New Years migration nationwide it would make sense to follow up with regional testing.

 

Did she tell  the hospital that she's had contact with factory workers from Samut Sakhon? Might have made a difference.

[RickBradford]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Taweesin Visanuyothin, CCSA spokesman, said Thailand’s 68th death from Covid-19 was a British man, 71, who suffered from diabetes, thyrotoxicosis and lung cancer.

So, it is rather ridiculous to badge it as a "Covid death", you would think.

 

The US's CDC has estimated that  94% of Covid-badged deaths had underlying medical conditions, with an average of 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/cdc-94percent-of-covid-19-deaths-had-underlying-medical-conditions/ar-BB18wrA7

 

Rather puts the pandemic in perspective .....

[sapson]

22 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

 

Did she tell  the hospital that she's had contact with factory workers from Samut Sakhon? Might have made a difference.

 

I think it was mentioned to the doctor, but with Thais they are taught to accept and not to question authority and I am sure the mandate is to only to test as an absolute last resort other than for virus hot spots or track and trace.

 

Not a policy that will show the real Covid 19 situation nationwide, perhaps this is the intention.

 

 

[Sametboy2019]

Any links to somewhere we can get a province by province numbers?