18 Oct. 64 – at 12:30 p.m. at the Center for the Epidemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) or Prof. Government House, Dr. Sumani Watcharasin, Director The Office of Risk Communication and Health Behavior Development, Department of Disease Control, announced the epidemic situation in Thailand that 10,111 new cases, 10,046 of them domestically, 9,718 from surveillance and services, 328 from proactive searches, 41 from prisons, 24 from overseas, bringing the total. The total number of confirmed cases since 2020 is 1,793,812, with 10,612 more recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries since 2020 to 1,668,250, 107,226 in treatment, 2,831 in severe condition, 644 intubated.
63 deaths, 39 males, 24 females, 44 deaths aged 60 years and over, 15 chronic diseases, 9 deaths in Bangkok, while the southern region has A total of 21 deaths have resulted in the cumulative death toll since 2020, totaling 18,336. As for the total number of vaccinated persons in Thailand on October 17, there were 475,053 additional doses of vaccination, including the cumulative total of vaccinations. Since February 28, a total of 65,677,794 doses, while the world situation There are 241,471,559 cumulative cases and 4,914,092 cumulative deaths.
Dr. Sumanee said the 10 provinces with the highest number of infections as of October 18 were Bangkok 1,046 cases, Yala 756 cases, Nakhon Si Thammarat 615 cases, Songkhla 579 cases, Pattani 502 cases, Narathiwat 466 cases, Rayong 402 cases, Chonburi 354 cases. Chiang Mai 314 cases, Samut Prakan 247 cases. The infection in the southern region is worrisome, from April 1 to mid-October. In addition to infections from entertainment venues, there are also cases in prisons. and infected people from other areas Including the infection from neighboring countries, Malaysia, causing the epidemic in Narathiwat, Yala, Pattani by Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense As the Director of Prof. has established an integrated center to solve the Covid-19 situation. in the southern border provinces Covering the area of Narathiwat, Yala, Pattani, Songkhla by allowing Gen. Nattapon Nakpanich, advisor to the Prime Minister. to be the center director A qualified person from the Department of Disease Control will also be sent to the area to assist in further investigations of the disease.
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