1,902 new Covid patients, 32 deaths as severe cases rise

A health worker from the Zendai organisation takes a swab sample from a boy for a rapid antigen test in Bangkok on Jan 5, 2022. (Reuters file photo)
A health worker in the Zendai organisation takes a swab sample from the boy for a rapid antigen test in Bangkok on Jan 5, 2022. (Reuters file photo)

The country registered 1, 902 brand new Covid-19 cases under treatment and 32 more fatalities throughout the previous 24 hours, the general public Health Ministry introduced on Thursday morning, with a gradual embrace severe cases over the past two weeks.

This compared with 2, 747 new instances and 34 coronavirus-related fatalities reported upon Wednesday morning.

There were 1, 901 local instances and one imported case.

As of Wednesday, 23, 960 people were receiving Covid-19 treatment, including twelve, 051 in private hospitals, 295 in hospitels and 11, 583 at home or in community isolation centres, according to the Department of Condition Control .

Of those in hospital, 904 had been seriously ill sufferers with lung inflammation, with 445 determined by ventilators.

Although the number of new patients receiving therapy had steadily dropped, the figures just for seriously ill individuals were going in the alternative direction. The number of patients suffering from lung pumpiing was 789 on July 15 compared to 904 reported on Thursday, while the amount of new cases within treatment dropped from 2, 263 to at least one, 902 during the same period.

The number of patients using ventilators increased slightly from 21 to 25 over the past two weeks.

(Screenshot through https://covid19.who.int/region/searo/country/th)

Prime Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) Prayut Chan-o-cha suggested revellers during the long weekend to strictly observe social isolating guidelines, particularly when making use of public transport services or in crowded areas, government speaker Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana stated on Thursday.

Vaccinations continuing to progress, with the focus on booster shots.

The government given 141. 41 million doses as of Wednesday. On that day time alone, 73, 677 vaccine doses were administered, 53, 667 of them as booster shots. Only six, 943 doses had been for a first plus 13, 067 for any second shot.

On Wednesday, 2, 129 Covid-19 patients were released from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.

Because the pandemic started in early 2020, there have been 4, 584, 070 Covid-19 cases, including 2, 360, 635 situations this year, with four, 528, 820 full recoveries to date.

The accumulated death toll was at 31, 290 since the beginning of the outbreak, including 9, 592 so far this year.

The highest number of Covid-related fatalities in a 24-hour period had been 312 recorded upon Aug 13, 2021. The highest number of cases had been 28, 379 on April 1, 2022.

Global Covid-19 cases increased by 880, 500 in 24 hours in order to 578. 35 million. The worldwide dying toll went upward by 1, 902 to 6. 41 million.