With 9 new Covid-19 infections confirmed today in Phuket bringing the total to 170, the southern island province now has the highest rate of infection in Thailand. At 38.95 per 100,000 people, Phuket health officials say the province has surpassed even Bangkok for the highest rate of infection, per capita, in the Kingdom.
But, to put it in perspective, out of the island’s 450,000 or so residents, 170 cases, whilst a huge concern, is still a small proportion of the island’s population with most of the cases being confined to the Bangla Road area in Patong and around the Bang Tao area.
The island has also probably had one of the highest levels of testing in the country.
Of today’s 9 cases, all are Thai nationals. The details of the new cases are:
- 56 year old food vendor in Patong
- 60 year old female local food vendor
- 37 year old female hotel waitress
- 29 year old female waitress in Patong
- 45 year old female hotel receptionist
- 21 year old female a clerk at a tour agency
- 30 year old surgical nurse who fell ill last week
- 3 year old boy whose parent was infected
- 60 year old man who sold food at a local mosque
The Phuket provincial panel said 2,059 people have been tested on the island for the virus, with 1,898 testing negative, and 42 are currently awaiting lab results. The rest being treated in local hospitals.
SOURCE: Bangkok Post
