The PPHO report for Nov 29, marked as accurate as of 8pm last night, was posted online at 12:26am.
The report marked one new infection among Test & Go tourists, but no new infections among Sandbox tourist arrivals and and no new infections among other international arrivals from abroad.
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 137. After 55 COVID deaths in September, officials marked 44 deaths in October and so far 18 deaths this month.
Meanwhile, the 93 new local infections bring the total number of new local infections reported on the island in the past seven days to 840, as follows:
- Nov 23 - 105 new cases
- Nov 24 - 110 new cases
- Nov 25 - 128 new cases
- Nov 26 - 149 new cases
- Nov 27 - 122 new cases
- Nov 28 - 133 new cases
- Nov 29 - 93 new cases
The report marked 13 people infected with COVID-19 in other provinces before entering Phuket, 35 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 258 Phuket Sandbox arrivals who have tested positive for the virus after landing on the island since July 1, and 20 Test & Go tourists who have tested positive since Nov 1.
According to the PPHO COVID situation report for Nov 29, 1,064 people were under medical care or supervision, 21 fewer than the 1,085 reported yesterday.
The report also marked 16,645 people in total being discharged from medical care for COVID infection since Apr 3 ‒ 115 more than the 16,530 reported yesterday.
The report recorded 14 people suspected of being infected with COVID-19 after testing positive by antigen test kits (ATK), but the total number of people reported as currently being held at ‘COVID-19 Care Centers’ across the island decreased by eight, from 94 to 86.
The report did not confirm how many people who tested positive by ATKs were confirmed infected by RT-PCR tests or how many people had been released from ATK detention at ‘COVID-19 Care Centers’ and allowed to go home.
According to the report for Nov 29, there were three ‘Red’ patients (zero change from yesterday), 113 ‘Yellow’ patients (+4) and 148 ‘Green’ patients (+10).
A further 412 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were at ‘hospitels’ (+34), and 86 were designated to recover in “Community Isolation“ (-1), which includes self-quarantining at home.
The report for Nov 29 also marked that of 2,756 hospital beds in total available (-1 from yesterday), 762 were occupied (+49).