No deaths, 2 Sandboxers with Covid-19 in Phuket
While Thailand has begun to see a downward trend in daily infections that is hoped to continue, Phuket’s infection trend has been rising over recent weeks. A few days this week have dropped to below 200 Covid-19 but today there’s been 238 new infections reported over the past 24 hours. The province extended strict entry requirements in hopes of curbing Covid-19 further, earlier this week.
The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office reported in their daily Covid-19 situation report that medical facilities added a large number of new beds to stay ahead of increasing hospitalisation. The Covid-19 Care Centres – a sort of halfway house for those who test positive with an antigen test kit but haven’t confirmed the diagnosis with a more accurate RT-PCR test – had increased occupancy sharply in the last few days to nearly 1,000 occupants but yesterday saw a slight fall.
The rolling 7-day total has still increased, though if numbers of daily infections continue to fall, the weekly figures will decrease after a few more days. Breakdowns of Phuket data, all collected since the start of the third wave of Covid-19 on April 3, are included below by the numbers.
TOTALS
| CONDITION OF HOSPITALISED PATIENTS | |||
| TIME | DESCRIPTION | TODAY | CHANGE SINCE YESTERDAY |
| DAILY | Total new domestic daily cases (Tuesday) | 204 | -53 |
| WEEKLY | Total new cases in a rolling tally of the last 7 days | 1,467 | +15 |
| TOTAL | Total Covid-19 cases in Phuket since April 3 (not including the demographics listed below) | 4,535 | +204 |
| DEATHS | Total number of deaths in Phuket from Covid-19 since April 3 | 20 | 0 |
ANTIGEN TEST KITS
People test with antigen test kits 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.
| DESCRIPTION | TODAY | CHANGE SINCE YESTERDAY |
| People testing positive with ATKs, unconfirmed until tested with RT-PCR tests | 29 | -18 |
| People in Covid-19 Care Centres in Phuket | 980 | -18 |
HOSPITALS & SUPERVISION
- 2,052: People currently under medical care or supervision for Covid-19 in Phuket, up 38 from yesterday
- 2,678: Total number of people released from medical care, up 126 from yesterday
| HOSPITAL BEDS | ||
| DESCRIPTION | TODAY | CHANGE SINCE YESTERDAY |
| Total hospital beds in Phuket | 2,118 | +403 |
| Occupied hospital beds | 1,497 | +160 |
| Available hospital beds | 621 | +318 |
| Hospital bed occupancy rate | 70.68% | -8.59% |
| CONDITION OF HOSPITALISED PATIENTS | |||
| DESIGNATION | DESCRIPTION | TODAY | CHANGE SINCE YESTERDAY |
| RED PATIENTS | severe Covid-19 infections | 34 | 0 |
| YELLOW PATIENTS | moderate Covid-19 infections | 316 | 0 |
| GREEN PATIENTS | mild Covid-19 symptoms | 397 | 0 |
ADDITIONAL COVID-19 INFECTIONS IN PHUKET
The official totals announced each day do not include several demographics:
- 85: Phuket Sandbox travellers who tested positive for Covid-19 sometime after landing in Phuket, up 2 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
| AUGUST | ||||||
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
| 1 36 | 2 32 | 3 21 | 4 65 | 5 33 | 6 40 | 7 40 |
| 8 81 | 9 61 | 10 37 | 11 104 | 12 33 | 13 82 | 14 109 |
| 15 49 | 16 50 | 17 43 | 18 89 | 19 129 | 20 101 | 21 126 |
| 22 124 | 23 73 | 24 156 | 25 189 | 26 169 | 27 209 | 28 210 |
| 29 162 | 30 256 | 31 257 | SEPTEMBER 1 204 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
COVID-19 INFECTIONS BY PHUKET REGION
The update for September 1 did not have the regional breakdown, so this data is for August 31 still. The data will be updated when the PPHO releases more data.
| Mueang Phuket | Kathu | Thalang |
|
|
|
SOURCE: The Phuket News
Join the conversation and have your say on Thailand news published on The Thaiger.
Thaiger Talk is our new Thaiger Community where you can join the discussion on everything happening in Thailand right now.
Please note that articles are not posted to the forum instantly and can take up to 20 min before being visible. Click for more information and the Thaiger Talk Guidelines.
Recent comments: