Phuket Covid-19: 1 Phuket Prison death, 1 Sandbox infection
Phuket saw one new death and one new Covid-19 infection from an international traveller who entered the island as part of the Phuket Sandbox programme as daily numbers hold steady and hospital bed occupancy continues to worsen.
The one death was of an inmate at Phuket Provincial Prison, the second death that the prison has seen after a Covid-19 outbreak with 199 infections identified September 4. Yesterday’s death was a 24 year old Thai man with no information on his health or vaccination status. One of the previously reported deaths 2 days ago, that of a 38 year old man with underlying health conditions, has now been confirmed as another Phuket Prison inmate.
Phuket added just 3 new hospital beds yesterday, but with 11 new hospitalisations, there are now only 230 remaining beds, the lowest it’s been since the start of the third wave of Covid-19.
Breakdowns of Phuket data from the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office report late last night, all collected since the start of the third wave of Covid-19 on April 3, are included below by the numbers.
TOTALS
| TIME | DESCRIPTION | TODAY | CHANGE SINCE YESTERDAY |
| DAILY | Total new domestic daily cases | 242 | +7 |
| WEEKLY | Total new cases in a rolling tally of the last 7 days | 1,680 | +12 |
| TOTAL | Total infections since April 3 (not including the demographics listed below) | 8,539 | +242 |
| DEATHS | Total number of deaths in Phuket from Covid-19 since April 3 | 49 | +1 |
ANTIGEN TEST KITS
Today 5 people tested positive in Phuket for Covid-19 using an antigen test kit.
People test with ATKs when they are at risk, but the results are not considered 100% conclusive. If someone tests positive, they will undergo an RT-PCR test to confirm the result. The case will only be added to the official numbers after that RT-PCR test is returned positive. Those in Phuket with a positive result from an ATK are moved to a Covid-19 Care Centre for safety as they await the results of an RT-PCR test.
HOSPITALS & SUPERVISION
| TOTAL HOSPITALISATIONS | ||
| DESCRIPTION | TODAY | CHANGE SINCE YESTERDAY |
| People currently under medical care or supervision for Covid-19 in Phuket | 3,743 | +80 |
| Total number of people released from medical care | 4,950 | +162 |
| People in Covid-19 Care Centres in Phuket | 1,139 | -3 |
| HOSPITAL BEDS | ||
| DESCRIPTION | TODAY | CHANGE SINCE YESTERDAY |
| Total hospital beds in Phuket | 2,165 | +3 |
| Occupied hospital beds | 1,935 | +11 |
| Available hospital beds | 230 | -8 |
| Hospital bed occupancy rate | 89.38% | +0.38% |
| CONDITION OF HOSPITALISED PATIENTS | |||
| DESIGNATION | DESCRIPTION | TODAY | CHANGE SINCE YESTERDAY |
| RED PATIENTS | severe Covid-19 infections | 35 | 0 |
| YELLOW PATIENTS | moderate Covid-19 infections | 347 | +6 |
| GREEN PATIENTS | mild Covid-19 symptoms | 385 | -4 |
ADDITIONAL COVID-19 INFECTIONS IN PHUKET
The official totals announced each day do not include several demographics:
- 96: Phuket Sandbox travellers who tested positive for Covid-19 sometime after landing in Phuket, up one from yesterday
- 42: Phuket natives infected in other provinces but moved for treatment under the “Bring Phuket People Home” programme, unchanged from yesterday
- 23: Travellers returning home from other countries and found to be infected, unchanged from yesterday
- 10: people in Phuket who were infected in other provinces, unchanged from yesterday
DAILY CASES THIS MONTH
COVID-19 INFECTIONS BY PHUKET REGION
Updates have not been including regional data for Covid-19 by Phuket district as frequently, so this is the latest information as of September 14. The data will be updated any time the PPHO releases more information.
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SOURCE: The Phuket News
