The PPHO daily report for May 16, marked as accurate as of 8pm last night, was posted online at 8:07pm.
Using a new format for the daily report, the report marked no new infections among any arrivals from overseas. Under the new entry measures introduced on May 1, international arrivals are no longer tested for COVID-19 on arrival.
The report marked no new deaths attributed to COVID-19, leaving the total number of COVID deaths reported so far for May at three, and the total number of COVID deaths reported so far this year at 116.
Officials marked 20 COVID deaths in April, 56 in March, 27 in February and 10 in January. Previously Phuket officials recorded six COVID deaths in December, 18 in November, 44 in October and 55 COVID deaths in September.
Meanwhile, the 28 new local infections reported brings the total number of new local infections reported on the island in the past seven days to 251, as follows:
- May 10 - 24 new cases
- May 11 - 47 new cases
- May 12 - 35 new cases
- May 13 - 51 new cases
- May 14 - 34 new cases
- May 15 - 32 new cases
- May 16 - 28 new cases
The report marked three people infected with COVID-19 in other provinces before entering Phuket since Jan 1, as well as eight returning from other countries and testing positive, and zero COVID patients brought back to Phuket under the “Bring Phuket people home”.
The report still marked 6,391 Phuket Sandbox arrivals who tested positive for the virus after landing on the island since Jan 1, and 2,906 Test & Go tourists who tested positive on arrival since Jan 1.
According to the report for May 16, there are 741 people under medical care or supervision, 34 fewer than the 775 reported yesterday.
The report also marked 62 people discharged from medical care for COVID infection yesterday ‒ but did not give a total for the number of patients released from medical care since Jan 1.
The report recorded 95 people testing positive by antigen test kit (ATK), while the total number of people reported as currently being held at ‘COVID-19 Care Centers’ across the island remained at six.
According to the report for May 16, there are 14 ‘Red’ patients (zero change), 55 ‘Yellow’ patients (-3) and for the first time the number of ‘Green’ patients was not listed at all.
One person who tested positive for COVID-19 was at a ‘hospitel’ (zero change), and six were designated to recover in “Community Isolation“ (zero change).
The report also marked that of 787 hospital beds in total available (-170), 75 were occupied (-14).