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  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE: 10,082 new infections, provincial numbers

    Covid UPDATE: 10,082 new infections, provincial numbers

    This morning the public health department has announced 10,082 new infections & 141 Covid-related deaths over the past 24 hours across Thailand. The two figures are a record number of cases for the Kingdom and sweep the numbers over the psychological barriers of 10,000 cases and 100 sad deaths. Yesterday there were 3,367 in ICU and 847 on ventilators. 127…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE Saturday: 10,082 new infections, news briefs

    Covid UPDATE Saturday: 10,082 new infections, news briefs

    This morning the public health department has announced 10,082 new infections & 141 Covid-related deaths over the past 24 hours across Thailand. The two figures are a record number of cases for the Kingdom and sweep the numbers over the psychological barriers of 10,000 cases and 100 sad deaths. Suffice to say the October ‘reopening’ of Thailand is now looking…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE: 9,539 new cases, provincial totals

    Covid UPDATE: 9,539 new cases, provincial totals

    The CCSA has confirmed 9,539 new Covid infections & 86 coronavirus-related deaths over the past 24 hours. 103 of today’s cases were reported from the Thai prison system. Here are today’s Thai provincial totals… • HERE is a list of restrictions starting tomorrow for all dark red provinces. It includes all the transportation restrictions, curfew details and provinces in the…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE Sunday: 9,539 new cases, news briefs

    Covid UPDATE Sunday: 9,539 new cases, news briefs

    Today the public health department reported 9,539 new Covid infections & 86 coronavirus-related deaths. 103 of today’s cases were reported from the Thai prison system. Today’s numbers indicate a flattening of new infections but still much higher than the week before. Provincial totals published just after lunch time. • The ministries of Public Health and Transport have prepared a 5,000-bed…

  • Thailand NewsSunday Update: 5,916 new infections, provincial totals, news briefs

    Sunday Update: 5,916 new infections, provincial totals, news briefs

    Today the public health department has announced 5,916 new infections and 44 Covid-related deaths. 39 of the total are attributed to Thai prisons. The report indicates a stabilisation of numbers after 3 days hovering around the 6,000-per-day level of new cases. But Sundays often return lower-than-usual reports. Since April 1, 2021 there’s been 254,204 people infected, 2,132 dead (+44 today), 59,938 remain in care, 2,147…

  • Thailand NewsSunday COVID Update: 5,916 new infections, 44 deaths

    Sunday COVID Update: 5,916 new infections, 44 deaths

    Today the public health department has announced 5,916 new infections and 44 Covid-related deaths. 39 of the total are attributed to Thai prisons. The report indicates a stabilisation of numbers after 3 days hovering around the 6,000-per-day level of new cases. But Sundays often return lower-than-usual reports. • The Delta variant has been identified in 70% of Bangkok patients falling sick…

  • Thailand NewsSunday COVID Update: 5,916 new infections, news briefs

    Sunday COVID Update: 5,916 new infections, news briefs

    Sunday morning the public health department has announced 5,916 new infections and 44 Covid-related deaths. 39 of the total are attributed to Thai prisons. The report indicates a stabilisation of numbers after 3 days hovering around the 6,000-per-day level of new cases. But Sundays often return lower-than-usual reports (let’s hope we’re wrong on that today). Around the world the drastic…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE: 3,995 new cases and 42 deaths, provincial totals

    Covid UPDATE: 3,995 new cases and 42 deaths, provincial totals

    The public health department has announced another 3,995 new infections and 42 Covid-related deaths for Sunday. Only 45 more cases were detected in Thai prisons, a sharp drop off from a few weeks ago when the daily cases from prisons were in the 100s each day (more Covid updates below). The main outbreaks around Thailand are occurring in the capital,…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE: 4,161 new infections, 51 deaths, provincial totals

    Covid UPDATE: 4,161 new infections, 51 deaths, provincial totals

    Today the public health department announced 51 deaths and 4,161 new infections of Covid-19. Only 72 were related to detections in Thai prisons, a further drop in prisoners testing positive for the coronavirus. Here is Saturday’s announcement of Provincial cases announced in the past 24 hours. Notably Chon Buri added a whopping 320 new infections to today’s total. Phuket, ready…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE Saturday: 4,161 new infections, 51 deaths

    Covid UPDATE Saturday: 4,161 new infections, 51 deaths

    For Saturday, the trend of new infections, and deaths, from Covid-related disease, remains on the rise. Today the public health department announced 51 deaths and 4,161 new infections of Covid-19. Only 72 were related to detections in Thai prisons, a further drop in prisoners testing positive for the coronavirus. As the Thai government is faced with its worst week of…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE: 3,682 new cases, 20 covid-related deaths, provincial totals

    Covid UPDATE: 3,682 new cases, 20 covid-related deaths, provincial totals

    Today the CCSA have confirmed 3,682 new infections of Covid-19 and 20 new deaths. 578 of today’s announced infections are from the Thai prison system. Today’s figures continue a slow rise in the daily case detections over this week. The median age of the people that died in the past 24 hours was 66. Over the past 24 hours, 2,401…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE Sunday: 3,682 new infections and 20 covid-related deaths

    Covid UPDATE Sunday: 3,682 new infections and 20 covid-related deaths

    Today the public health department have announced 3,682 new infections of Covid-19 and 20 new deaths. 578 of today’s announced infections are from the Thai prison system. Today’s figures continue a slow rise in the daily case numbers over this week. Notably, the worst outbreaks are still occurring around Bangkok and its adjacent suburbs. Also, the southern provinces are also…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE Sunday: 2,804 new infections and 18 Covid-related deaths

    Covid UPDATE Sunday: 2,804 new infections and 18 Covid-related deaths

    The Thai public health department has announced another 18 Covid-related deaths and 2,804 new infections. 409 of today’s cases come from the prison system. The numbers coming out of the public health department, and announced each morning at around 11.30am by a CCSA spokesperson, have been statistically similar for the past 2 months, with the exception of the cases coming…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE: 3,277 new infections and 29 deaths, provincial totals

    Covid UPDATE: 3,277 new infections and 29 deaths, provincial totals

    There are another 29 Covid-related deaths and 3,277 new infections announced today. 892 of today’s cases were from Thai prisons, an ongoing source of infections where around 22,000+ inmates have now been detected as new Covid cases (more below). Here’s the provincial totals for today… • Meanwhile the Thai Justice Ministry says the start of a vaccine rollout in the…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE Saturday: 3,277 new infections and 29 deaths

    Covid UPDATE Saturday: 3,277 new infections and 29 deaths

    The public health ministry has announced another 29 Covid-related deaths and 3,277 new infections for Saturday. 892 of today’s cases have been from Thai prisons, an ongoing source of infections where around 22,000+ inmates have now been detected as new Covid cases. • Meanwhile the Thai Justice Ministry says the start of a vaccine rollout in the overcrowded prisons started…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE Sunday: 2,671 new infections and 23 deaths, provincial totals

    Covid UPDATE Sunday: 2,671 new infections and 23 deaths, provincial totals

    There has been another 2,671 new infections of Covid-19 detected across Thailand in the past 24 hours. There’s also been 23 deaths. 604 cases were detected in Thai prisons. Most of the current outbreaks continue to be around Bangkok and its immediate provinces. Bangkok registered 675 cases yesterday. Provincial totals below… GRAPH: worldometers.info • A recent survey, conducted by the Centre…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE Sunday: 2,671 new infections and 23 deaths

    Covid UPDATE Sunday: 2,671 new infections and 23 deaths

    There has been another 2,671 new infections of Covid-19 detected across Thailand in the past 24 hours. There’s also been 23 deaths. 604 cases were detected in Thai prisons. Thailand has now registered a total of 148,604 cases, the vast majority since the start of April in what’s being called the third wave, which emerged from the bars, nightclubs and…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid Update Saturday: 36 deaths and 2,817 infections

    Covid Update Saturday: 36 deaths and 2,817 infections

    For Saturday the Public Health department has announced 36 new Covid-related deaths and 2,817 infections. 315 of those cases are from prisons. The daily totals have been statistically consistent for over a month now. Bangkok is still the key ‘hot spot’ with clusters around shopping areas, high density housing communities and worker camps. • Alternative state quarantine hotels are aiming…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE Sunday: 4,528 Covid infections and 24 death, provincial totals

    Covid UPDATE Sunday: 4,528 Covid infections and 24 death, provincial totals

    Today the public health department has reported another 4,528 Covid infections and 24 C-19 related deaths. Another huge proportion of todays cases – 1,902 – are from Thai prisons. We will post the provincial totals early in the afternoon as usual. Here’s all today’s provincial totals as announced this morning for the past 24 hours… • Thailand’s Department of Disease…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE Sunday: 4,528 Covid infections and 24 death

    Covid UPDATE Sunday: 4,528 Covid infections and 24 death

    Today the public health department has reported 4,528 Covid infections and 24 C-19 related deaths. Another huge proportion of todays cases, 1,902, are from Thai prisons. We will post the provincial totals early in the afternoon as usual. • Chon Buri officials have announced 90 new Covid infections today, and 1 new death, mostly driven by clusters at factories and migrant…

  • Thailand NewsCovid UPDATE Thursday: 2,636 new infections and 25 deaths

    Covid UPDATE Thursday: 2,636 new infections and 25 deaths

    Today the public health department has reported 2,636 new cases and 25 new Covid-related deaths. 671 of today’s cases come from Thailand’s prisons. The average daily case report remains consistent. • The Transport Minister has advised that the planned walk-in Covid vaccination service at new Bang Sue Central Station in Bangkok was still “under discussion” after the PM scotched the…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE Wednesday: 3,394 new infections and 29 deaths

    Covid UPDATE Wednesday: 3,394 new infections and 29 deaths

    Today the public health department has reported 3,394 new cases and 29 new Covid-related deaths. 1,498 of today’s cases come from Thailand’s prisons (more below). Taking the shameful inmate toll out of the equation and the trend is still steady with around 2,000 – 2,500 new cases each day over the past 3 weeks across Thailand. Around the world the…

  • Thailand NewsMonday Covid UPDATE: 9,635 Covid infections and 25 death

    Monday Covid UPDATE: 9,635 Covid infections and 25 death

    Today’s high infection report stems from more positive infections emerging from Bangkok’s prison system (below). In the past 24 hours Bangkok and Thailand’s provinces have accumulated another 9,635 infections and 25 Covid-related deaths. 6,853 of today’s total is from Bangkok prisons. If you take the new prison cases out of the equation, there has been an additional 2,782 cases for…

  • Covid-19 NewsThursday Covid UPDATE: 32 deaths and 4,887 new infections

    Thursday Covid UPDATE: 32 deaths and 4,887 new infections

    The public health ministry has announced 32 new Covid-related deaths and 4,887 new infections from the past 24 hours. 2,835 of the new cases are from 2 of Bangkok’s largest prisons (below). • In another major blow to Thailand’s worst bout of Covid-19, 2,835 inmates from the Bangkok Remand Prison and the Central Women’s Correctional Institution, 2 of the largest prisons in…

  • Pattaya NewsChon Buri sees lowest number of new, daily infections since early April – Monday, 63

    Chon Buri sees lowest number of new, daily infections since early April – Monday, 63

    Chon Buri province, including Pattaya, is reporting 63 new, daily Covid-19 infections, and 1 new death. The number is a large drop from yesterday’s totals and is the lowest daily amount reported since early April. The total in the current wave of infections is now 3,361, with 1,507 currently listed as in treatment for the virus, and 9 deaths. 1,845…

  • Covid-19 NewsThird wave of Covid: CCSA blames patients for not speaking up

    Third wave of Covid: CCSA blames patients for not speaking up

    Thailand’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration is blaming the latest virus wave on those patients who failed to speak up about their symptoms. The latest round of the virus has seen a total of 512 health workers in 57 provinces infected, with authorities saying the main cause of the spread was due to patients lying about their health conditions. The…

  • Pattaya NewsChon Buri sees slight drop in new, daily infections today – Saturday, 72

    Chon Buri sees slight drop in new, daily infections today – Saturday, 72

    Chon Buri province, which includes Pattaya, is reporting 72 new, daily infections of Covid-19 this morning and 1 new death, a 19% drop from yesterday’s 89 infections. Today’s reported number of infections is the lowest since April 9. This makes a total of 3,202 cases and 8 deaths in the current wave of infections that begin in early April. 1,520…

  • Covid-19 NewsChiang Mai sees 2 elderly deaths from UK Covid variant including French woman

    Chiang Mai sees 2 elderly deaths from UK Covid variant including French woman

    Chiang Mai province is reporting the deaths of 2 elderly women from the UK Covid-19 variant, including a French woman. The provinces death toll is now 9 according to the governor. The 81 year old French woman was suffering from high blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes. She fell down on April 22 and received treatment at a hospital. After coming…

  • Pattaya NewsChon Buri sees drop in today’s daily Covid infections – Thursday, 76

    Chon Buri sees drop in today’s daily Covid infections – Thursday, 76

    Chon Buri province, which features Pattaya, is seeing a drop in the number of daily Covid-19 infections at 76 recorded today. Yesterday, the province saw 110 new infections. With today’s new infections, the province has seen a total of 3,041 infections since the latest wave of Covid-19 began in early April. 1,600 people are currently listed in medical care and…

  • Covid-19 NewsThursday Covid UPDATE: 18 deaths and 1,911 new infections

    Thursday Covid UPDATE: 18 deaths and 1,911 new infections

    The Thai ministry of health has announced the Wednesday tally from Bangkok and the provinces. There has been 18 new Covid-related deaths and 1,911 new infections in the past 24 hours. The oddly consistent daily tally suggests that the infection rate is steady and not running “out of control”. (The Thaiger is not suggesting anything ‘sinister’ about the numbers but…