Covid-19 News & Updates (Thailand and Southeast Asia only)

[joelle]

Ranking of 10 provinces with highest COVID-19 transmission, as of 13 May 2021

[Big Boy]

That doesn't ring true if the prisons had nearly 3,000 new cases. Somewhere should be much higher.

[Big Boy]

Today's Brief:

[Big Boy]

Poor girl is having problems with her mask. I wonder if she'll be fined

[PeteC]

32 Covid deaths, 4,887 new cases

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -new-cases

There were 32 new Covid-19 deaths over the past 24 hours, bringing the toll to 518, and 4,887 new cases, raising the total to 93,794, the Public Health Ministry reported on Thursday.

The record surge in daily new cases included 2,835 infections reported in prisons, while new cases outside detention facilities totalled 2,052. The previous daily high was 2,839 cases announced on April 24.

The number of fatalities fell below the record daily high of 34 Covid-19 related deaths reported on Wednesday.

Total cases in the third wave of Covid-19 from the beginning of last month rose to 64,891. Of these, 33,189 patients had recovered, including 1,572 who were discharged on Wednesday.

Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said later during the daily briefing that 17 of the 32 new fatalities were in Bangkok, three in Nakhon Ratchasima province, two each in Pathum Thani and Chiang Mai and one each in Surin, Sara Buri, Nakhon Pathom, Phayao, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Surat Thani, Phetchaburi and Phuket.

Twenty-six of them were men and six women. They were 38-93 years old.

Eighteen of them had hypertension and 14 diabetes. Other chronic diseases they suffered included high cholesterol, renal disease, heart disease, liver disease, lung disease, cancer and obesity.

Fifteen of them caught Covid-19 from infected relatives. Three visited parties. Six went to crowded places. Five visited risk provinces and two worked at a market and on a train. The death toll in the third wave of Covid-19 was at 424.

He also addressed the high number of cases revealed among prison inmates.

Dr Taweesilp said that inmates underwent mass testing and the reported number was the total, not a daily figure. Excluding cases in prisons, there were 2,036 new local infections in 63 provinces. Of these, 1,439 were confirmed at hospitals and 597 were detected via mass testing.

The most cases, 1,069, were in Bangkok, followed by 194 in Samut Prakan, 105 in Pathum Thani, 78 in Nonthaburi, 73 in Surat Thani, 57 in Samut Sakhon, 56 in Chon Buri, 41 in Prachuap Khiri Khan, 39 in Ayutthaya and 30 in Rayong.

"The outbreak in Bangkok tends to be stable but not in decline. The number of patients there who are severely ill and dependent on ventilators is rising," Dr Taweesilp said.

Serious outbreaks in the capital were in Din Daeng, Watthana, Lat Phrao, Phra Nakhon, Ratchathewi, Suan Luang, Dusit, Klong Toey, Chatuchak and Laski districts.

Meanwhile, outbreak control was likely in Pathumwan, Sathon, Promprap Sattruphai and Samphanthawong districts, he said.

Fourteen provinces had no cases in 24 hours. They were Lop Buri, Trat, Tak, Nan, Kalasin, Chumphon, Phayao, Uttaradit, Nong Khai, Amnat Charoen, Mae Hong Son, Nong Bua Lam Phu, Mukdahan and Satun.

There were 16 new imported cases - from Cambodia (2), the United States (1), Myanmar (1), Malaysia (2), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Laos (2) and India (6). They included six Thai returnees who sneaked in from Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia and Laos.

Dr Taweesilp said the government was concerned about illegal border crossing. Officials had arrested 16,239 illegal migrants sofar this year, and 197 in the past 24 hours alone, he said.

Of the 93,749 total cases, 60,615 (64%) had recovered and 32,661 were in hospital, including 1,209 severely ill patients and 406 dependent on ventilators.

Global Covid-19 cases rose by 750,656 in 24 hours to 161.08 million. The worldwide death toll went up by 13,826 to 3.34 million. India had 362,406 new cases for a total of 23.70 million and 4,126 new deaths for a toll of 258,351.

[HHTel]

Poor girl is having problems with her mask. I wonder if she'll be fined

The other guy always used to take off his mask and explained that he doesn't need it as he's distanced from other people. What happened to that logic which is understood by the experts. TIT.

I notice that in general, this girl is put 'up front' when there's bad news!

[joelle]

Each province's daily domestic COVID-19 cases update in Thailand on Thursday 13th May
FB link for reference: https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld

[Big Boy]

I thought it quite funny when the girl listed the places people can go for a jab, and the fact if you suffer any side effects you can go back to your jab centre. So you could find yourself going back to your local PTT Station for medical treatment.

A good closing sentence though, "Covid isn't going anywhere until its gone everywhere."

[Big Boy]

Poor girl is having problems with her mask. I wonder if she'll be fined

The other guy always used to take off his mask and explained that he doesn't need it as he's distanced from other people. What happened to that logic which is understood by the experts. TIT.

I notice that in general, this girl is put 'up front' when there's bad news!

The law changed (not debating whether rightly or wrongly), and she needs to wear it properly at all times.

[Big Boy]

In a new press release, the Corrections Department has clarified that the number of infected people in prison reported yesterday (Bangkok Remand Prison 1,794 cases & Central Women's Correctional Institution 1,039 cases) was the total since the start of the new outbreak in April.

So today's high numbers were an adjustment, as opposed to new infections.

[PeteC]

Now all they need to do is check the other 141 (approximately) prisons in the country to see if they've been withholding information.

[caller]

With regards to Bkk, there is a lot more to come. Today, an MP announced a new cluster at a construction site, then it emerged there had been an outbreak at another of the same companies sites. The fact an MP was announcing it. could imply that not all the the data known to the authorities is being released.

It doesn't help that they haven't even tested everyone at Klong Toey yet, as well as such clusters at Chaeng Whattana, which suggests that officials are well behind with their control measures.

I think for Bangkok at least, they will either have to impose a full lockdown or let the virus run amok and the health service collapse. Hobsons choice. Then you have the additional problem of vaccinating everyone in a lockdown.

The authorities have screwed up all their previous good work through ignorance and complacency and have few options left now. They are going to take a huge economic hit whatever they do.

[HHTel]

The law changed (not debating whether rightly or wrongly), and she needs to wear it properly at all times.

Yes, I realise that. I was just making a comparison.

[HHTel]

They've had more than a year to plan for vaccines. Throughout last year, we were being so thankful that we live in Thailand. Roles reversed, now it's better to be in the UK!

[PeteC]

More details when published.

COVID-19 in Thailand Update (May 14, 2021)
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As of Friday, 1,203 (-6) patients are in critical condition, with 408 (+2) of them relying on ventilator. About 1.07 percent of the population is fully vaccinated, with 1,416,432 (+21,302) people received the first dose, while 708,300 (+63,067) received the second dose.

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