The PPHO daily report for Mar 23, marked as accurate as of 8pm last night, was posted online at 10:14pm.
The report marked two new infections among Sandbox tourist arrivals and 18 new infections among Test & Go tourists, but no new infections among other international arrivals.
The report marked two new deaths attributed to COVID-19, bringing the total number of COVID deaths reported for March to 49 and the total number of COVID deaths so far this year to 86.
Officials marked 27 COVID deaths in February, compared with 10 COVID deaths in Phuket in January. Previously Phuket officials recorded six COVID deaths in December, 18 in November, 44 in October and 55 COVID deaths in September.
The PPHO later (at 5pm, Mar 24) posted details of the two deaths reported for Mar 23, as follows:
1) Case 26260, male, 79 years old (Group 608*), suffered from hypertension, dyslipidemia, renal failure, diabetes, BPH (Benign prostatic hyperplasia, also called prostate gland enlargement), had received two doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, was a high risk contact through a COVID-19 patient in the family
2) Case 26968, male, 85 years old (Group 608*), suffered from hypertension, dyslipidemia, renal failure, liver cirrhosis, not vaccinated for COVID-19, risk history marked “went to hospital regularly”
Meanwhile, the 285 new local infections reported brings the total number of new local infections reported on the island in the past seven days to 2,197, as follows:
- Mar 17 - 357 new cases
- Mar 18 - 335 new cases
- Mar 19 - 313 new cases
- Mar 20 - 319 new cases
- Mar 21 - 292 new cases
- Mar 22 - 296 new cases
- Mar 23 - 285 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 also marked 6,209 Phuket Sandbox arrivals who have tested positive for the virus after landing on the island since Jan 1, and 2,038 Test & Go tourists who have tested positive since Jan 1.
According to the report for Mar 23, there are 3,184 people under medical care or supervision, 11 more than the 3,173 reported yesterday.
The report also marked 292 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 351 people suspected of being infected with COVID-19 after 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 unchanged at 70.
According to the report for Mar 23, there are 17 ‘Red’ patients (zero change), but 166 ‘Yellow’ patients (zero change) and 15 ‘Green’ patients (zero change) in care.
A further 187 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were at ‘hospitels’ (zero change), and 70 were designated to recover in “Community Isolation“ (zero change).
The report also marked that of 2,650 hospital beds in total available (+198), 438 were occupied (-17).
* ‘Group 608’ has become Phuket officials’ preferred term for higher at-risk patients, comprising people over 60 years old along with those suffering from any of the seven recognised medical conditions that place patients at higher risk of developing serious signs of infection, plus women more than 12 weeks pregnant.
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