The PPHO report for Dec 15, marked as accurate as of 8pm last night, was posted online at 10:57pm.
The report for Dec 15 marked four new infections among Sandbox tourist arrivals and six new infections among Test & Go tourists, but no new infections among other international arrivals.
The report marked no new deaths attributed to COVID-19, leaving the total number of deaths in Phuket attributed to COVID-19 since Apr 3 at 141.
After 55 COVID deaths in September, 44 deaths in October and 18 deaths in November, officials have marked just four COVID deaths in Phuket so far in December.
Meanwhile, the 50 new local infections reported bring the total number of new local infections reported on the island in the past seven days to 398, as follows:
- Dec 9 - 68 new cases
- Dec 10 - 64 new cases
- Dec 11 - 56 new cases
- Dec 12 - 62 new cases
- Dec 13 - 50 new cases
- Dec 14 - 48 new cases
- Dec 15 - 50 new cases
The report marked 17 people infected with COVID-19 in other provinces before entering Phuket, as well as 36 returning from other countries and testing positive and 42 COVID patients brought back to Phuket under the “Bring Phuket people home” policy since Apr 3.
The report also marked 280 Phuket Sandbox arrivals who have tested positive for the virus after landing on the island since July 1, and 50 Test & Go tourists who have tested positive since Nov 1.
According to the PPHO COVID situation report for Dec 15, 521 people were under medical care or supervision, nine fewer than the 530 reported yesterday.
The report also marked 18,353 people in total being discharged from medical care for COVID infection since Apr 3 ‒ 69 more than the 18,284 reported yesterday.
The report recorded five people suspected of being infected with COVID-19 after testing positive by antigen test kits (ATK), while the total number of people reported as currently being held at ‘COVID-19 Care Centers’ across the island decreased by five, from 44 to 39.
According to the report for Dec 15, there is now just one ‘Red’ patient (-1 from yesterday), 79 ‘Yellow’ patients (-9) and 58 ‘Green’ patients (-4).
A further 165 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were at ‘hospitels’ (-17), and 44 were designated to recover in “Community Isolation“ (zero change), which includes self-quarantining at home.
The report for Dec 15 also marked that of 2,713 hospital beds in total available (zero change), 347 were occupied (-31).