Thailand reports 756 new COVID-19 infections - but majority from Samut Sakhon

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Thailand reports 756 new COVID-19 infections - but majority from Samut Sakhon

 

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Thailand reported 756 new coronavirus cases on Thursday.

 

However, the vast majority of the new cases were discovered during testing of migrant workers at quarantine facilities and hospitals in Samut Sakhon.

 

Of the new cases, 746 were local transmissions, 724 were discovered from active case finding and 22 from people who self-reported to hospitals. 10 other cases were imported from people entering quarantine.

 

Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) also reported 233 people had been discharged from hospital having made a full recovery. 

 

4,858 people remain in hospital or held in a migrant worker quarantine centre.

 

No new deaths were reported.

 

Thursday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 16,221, with 76 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)

15 Jan:+188 (11,450)

16 Jan:+230 (11,680)

17 Jan:+374 (12,045)

18 Jan: +369 (8,186)

19 Jan: +171 (8,357)

20 Jan: +59 (8,416)

21 Jan: +142 (8,558)

22 Jan: +309 (8,867)

23 Jan: +198 (9,065)

24 Jan: +198 (9,263)

25 Jan: +187 (9,450)

26 Jan: +959 (10,409)

27 Jan:+819 (15,465)

28 Jan:+756 (16,221)

 

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[ThailandRyan]

Sounds like all of Thailand except Samut Sakhon has been alleviated of any Covid cases.  Thailand 1 - Covid 0.  Awesome that in 1 month Covid has been defeated again.

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Sounds like all of Thailand except Samut Sakhon has been alleviated of any Covid cases.  Thailand 1 - Covid 0.  Awesome that in 1 month Covid has been defeated again.

It will be defeated in Samut Sakhon in a few days time when the mass testing week finishes

[DavisH]

35 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

It will be defeated in Samut Sakhon in a few days time when the mass testing week finishes

I reckon they will keep on mass testing past this week, especially if the number of positives is still high. 

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, DavisH said:

I reckon they will keep on mass testing past this week, especially if the number of positives is still high. 

Yes I think so too, would be crazy not to. Will be evident in the charts if there's a sudden decrease because of lack of testing, even they know that.

[Moonlover]

17 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

19 minutes ago, DavisH said:

I reckon they will keep on mass testing past this week, especially if the number of positives is still high. 

 

17 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Yes I think so too, would be crazy not to. Will be evident in the charts if there's a sudden decrease because of lack of testing, even they know that.

The mass testing will stop when all those in the quarantine facilities have been screened. If I remember rightly they said this operation will take about a week and will involve around 60,000 tests. This is not random testing as some people seem to think. It is 'active case finding'.

 

I agree with @ThailandRyan above. This outbreak will soon be over. They've smashed it again. 

[Bkk Brian]

3 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

 

The mass testing will stop when all those in the quarantine facilities have been screened.

Better to stop when the pro active testing/mass testing fails to find further positive cases.

[FarFlungFalang]

3 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Better to stop when the pro active testing/mass testing fails to find further positive cases.

They seem to be happy with the flatline of about 800 so do the same amount of tests everyday and get the same result although they don't seem to keen on saying how many tests were actually done incase people start to ask awkward questions.

[Boomer6969]

I would be interested to know the Samut Sakhon CFR (Case Fatality Rate)? Something doesn't add up.

 

Maybe this population is 100% under 40 and healthy, with a BMI < 25... 

Edited January 28, 2021 by Boomer6969

[foreverlomsak]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Awesome that in 1 month Covid has been defeated again.

It hasn't. it's only gone into hiding again, pending the Government announcement of how good they've done and everything is OK again

[EricTh]

There are many illegal smugglers who are still bringing new virus into the country from Myanmar or Bangladesh.

[Cake Monster]

1 hour ago, DavisH said:

I reckon they will keep on mass testing past this week, especially if the number of positives is still high. 

That will mean them having to retest the same Immigrant Workers over and over again.

Oh ! wait a minute ...........

 

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, foreverlomsak said:

It hasn't. it's only gone into hiding again, pending the Government announcement of how good they've done and everything is OK again

My post was very sarcastic in nature, Thank you for understanding true sarcasm

[webfact]

756 new Covid cases in 24 hours, most found during proactive testing in Samut Sakhon

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Thursday reported 756 new cases in 24 hours, including 10 who arrived from abroad.

 

Of the new cases, 22 were exposed to the virus while visiting high-risk areas. These include nine in Samut Sakhon, eight from Bangkok and three in Samut Prakan.

 

Proactive testing led to the discovery of 724 cases in Samut Sakhon – 710 foreigners and 14 Thai workers.

 

CCSA assistant spokesman Apisamai Srirangsan said such a large number in Samut Sakhon was due to a search for active cases among communities for the fourth consecutive day, aimed at containing the infection rate in the province within this week.

 

Apisamai said only 15 provinces reported cases in the last four days, lowering the risk of the virus spreading further in the country. A key CCSA meeting on Friday would therefore discuss relaxation of strict anti-Covid measures in each province.

 

However, the cluster linked to DJ Matoom’s birthday has put more people in Bangkok at risk after some patients earlier concealed details of their movements, leading to late preventive responses to the virus and causing more than 200 people to now be categorised as high-risk close contacts, Apisamai said.

 

Health officials are preparing to press charges against such patients who failed to reveal all details of their movements since they are an obstacle to preventing the spread of the virus, she added.

 

Meanwhile, of the infected returnees, five are Thai nationals who flew in from Qatar (1) and the United States (4). Also testing positive are a Portuguese woman who arrived from Brazil, two Russians, an Indonesian, and an American.

 

Meanwhile, 233 patients have recovered and been discharged.

 

As of Thursday, the number of confirmed cases in Thailand has risen to 16,221. Of these, 13,804 contracted the virus domestically, including 6,972 who were found via proactive testing, and 2,417 are returnees. So far, 11,287 have recovered and been discharged, 4,858 patients are still in hospital and the death toll remains at 76.

 

According to Worldometer, as of 10 am, the number of confirmed cases globally has increased to 101.43 million (rising by 590,299 in 24 hours), 73.32 million have recovered, 25.92 million are active cases (110,179 in severe condition) and 2.18 million have died (up by 16,846).

 

Thailand ranks 120th on the global list of most cases. The US tops the list with 26.16 million, followed by India 10.7 million, Brazil 9 million, Russia 3.77 million and the United Kingdom 3.72 million.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30401930

 

 

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[RichardColeman]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Better to stop when the pro active testing/mass testing fails to find further positive cases.

More likely when the TAT say it is damaging Thailand's tourism reputation !

[Moonlover]

1 hour ago, Boomer6969 said:

I would be interested to know the Samut Sakhon CFR (Case Fatality Rate)? Something doesn't add up.

 

Maybe this population is 100% under 40 and healthy, with a BMI < 25... 

Yes you're right. The group they are testing are generally young fit workers from the factories.

 

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[lkv]

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

CCSA assistant spokesman Apisamai Srirangsan said such a large number in Samut Sakhon was due to a search for active cases among communities for the fourth consecutive day, aimed at containing the infection rate in the province within this week.

 

So basically, they are finally saying what we have been saying all along. Search and you will find, don't search and you won't find.

 

The real situation in Thailand is likely on par with other countries in the region.

[Moonlover]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

1 hour ago, Moonlover said:

 

The mass testing will stop when all those in the quarantine facilities have been screened.

 

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Better to stop when the pro active testing/mass testing fails to find further positive cases.

Surely that would  amount to the same thing. They're in quarantine, where are 'further positive cases' going to come from?

[ukrules]

This happened in Singapore last year with their migrant workers who lived in close proximity to each other.

 

It ended when about 50% of them had become infected and recovered, then it stopped.

 

Here's a log chart for Singapore (confirmed infections over time) from coronawiki.org :

 

 

Note that after the trough (low point) on the chart in November the numbers never did rise exponentially again.

 

The highest infections per day they had this month was 45 cases in a day.

 

Living conditions pay a large part in the spread of this virus and they know this very well.

 

[Pattaya Spotter]

3 hours ago, Boomer6969 said:

I would be interested to know the Samut Sakhon CFR (Case Fatality Rate)? Something doesn't add up.

 

Maybe this population is 100% under 40 and healthy, with a BMI < 25... 

Slaving away on those ships and in the fish canning factories does wonders for the BMI of those migrant workers...especially if they're fed a diet of boiled rice and fish bones. I doubt there's a fattie among them.

Edited January 28, 2021 by Pattaya Spotter

[Donga]

7 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Sounds like all of Thailand except Samut Sakhon has been alleviated of any Covid cases.  Thailand 1 - Covid 0.  Awesome that in 1 month Covid has been defeated again.

More like Thailand 3 Covid 0 if you consider the initial outbreak in Bangkok along with the others in the provinces when Bangkok shut down, then the ladies returning from Myanmar and now the Samut Sakhon outbreak.

Why is it so hard for patronising TV folk to give Thailand credit for their Covid performance, recognised by the WHO, John Hopkins University and today, the Lowy Institute after an exhaustive review...
 

Edited January 28, 2021 by Donga

[ThailandRyan]

Maybe because Thailand's Government is far from being open and truthful in regards to the statistics.  Why would a government who claims to be transparent lock off certain portions of a public database where statistics are kept.  Initially we were finding all kinds of statistics that did not correlate to what was being given, then the UK found the excess deaths with viral pneumonia and posted an article and then boom....no more access to certain records.  As much as I want to believe Thailand's numbers, it is very hard when they have hidden certain category's from view.

[Artisi]

4 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Yes you're right. The group they are testing are generally young fit workers from the factories.

 

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That I believe has not resulted in any deaths. 

[Artisi]

20 minutes ago, Donga said:

More like Thailand 3 Covid 0 if you consider the initial outbreak in Bangkok along with the others in the provinces when Bangkok shut down, then the ladies returning from Myanmar and now the Samut Sakhon outbreak.

Why is it so hard for patronising TV folk to give Thailand credit for their Covid performance, recognised by the WHO, John Hopkins University and today, the Lowy Institute after an exhaustive review...
 

No whinge material or bagging of the officials by giving credit - and  you must understand the TVF experts know best and bear in mind places like USA, England, Italy etc. have done a marvellous job in containing the outbreak. 

 

[Arkady]

DJ Matoom has finally achieved nationwide fame.

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand reports 756 new COVID-19 infections - but majority from Samut Sakhon

Begs the question..... why are they allowing people to enter the town, then go back to their own provinces?

The place should be locked down 100%, no-one in and no-one out until it's clean.

 

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Sounds like all of Thailand except Samut Sakhon has been alleviated of any Covid cases.  Thailand 1 - Covid 0.  Awesome that in 1 month Covid has been defeated again.

Looking at the last 3 days I'd reverse that .....

[NoshowJones]

18 hours ago, EricTh said:

There are many illegal smugglers who are still bringing new virus into the country from Myanmar or Bangladesh.

You mean that the unelected "PM" and his soldiers are not patrolling the borders and people are still being paid to transport them in to Thailand without them being quarantined?

It would not surprise me at all. We are still waiting for the result of the unelected "PM"s findings from the time this started the whole pandemic in Thailand off again.

[AmySeeker]

Samut Sakhon isn't far from Bangkok. Hard to believe there isn't over spill into Bangkok.