News Forum - Covid-19 UPDATE Saturday: 253 deaths, rate of infections steady

[Thaiger]

Covid-19 infections and deaths have been fairly consistent over the past week but today’s 253 deaths reported over the last 24 hours is a disappointing jump from the 189 deaths reported yesterday. The number of daily infections remained steadily around the 15,000 mark for more than a week, with the past 24 hours seeing 15,191 infections. 726 of those reported infections were from prisons in Thailand. Meanwhile, 18,721 patients were released from care in hospitals, field hospitals and other medical facilities, continuing the positive trend of having more people recovering from Covid-19 each day than are being infected. This trend […]

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[Bob20]

Yes, disappointing. Especially for those 253...

[Griff1315]

Covid-19 UPDATE Saturday: 253 deaths, rate of infections steady.

Is that steady to the amount of tests being done or is it infact a high percentage of the very few tests done coming in positive.

[Malc-Thai]

2 hours ago, Griff1315 said:

Covid-19 UPDATE Saturday: 253 deaths, rate of infections steady.

Is that steady to the amount of tests being done or is it infact a high percentage of the very few tests done coming in positive.

When they were testing around 60k they were getting around 36%  22k infection rate now they testing 40k they still getting around 36%! 14k infection rate

[Bob20]

16 minutes ago, Malc-Thai said:

When they were testing around 60k they were getting around 36%  22k infection rate now they testing 40k they still getting around 36%! 14k infection rate

They're still testing mostly high risk locations.

I wonder what will happen with those free testkits...

No doubt they'll be "approved as reliable" or else they would admit a very silly purchase.

But who is going to know the test results if people do the test at home?

I bet many who test positive will not report themselves and may well self-isolate while symptomless, instead of ending up in the statistics. Once again, I think the numbers will be understated.

[HolyCowCm]

They can make the numbers up and down as steady as they like.

[Jason]

It's critical that the emphasis in Phuket be on vaccination. There needs to be better than 80% double dose vaccination of the Thai population, for international tourists to have confidence enough to come to Phuket.