Chonburi announces 1,005 Covid -19 cases with ten deaths - The Pattaya News

Chonburi announces 1,005 Covid -19 cases with ten deaths

Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 10:53

Chonburi –

The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 1,005 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 today with ten new deaths, August 9th.

This is the lowest number of Covid-19 cases in Chonburi in close to two weeks.

This makes a total of 38,660 cases of Covid-19 in the current round of infections, with 18,650 people still under medical care/supervision, and with a total of 189 recorded deaths in Chonburi since the start of this recent round of infections in early April. The details on yesterday's ten new deaths were not given, which is standard for the health department.

Additionally, 880 people were also released and recovered yesterday in Chonburi. 19,821 people in total have now been released from medical care and recovered in Chonburi since this current wave began.

The district-level new cases were as follows today:

Mueang Chonburi 271, Si Racha 262, Banglamung (Pattaya) 179, Panat Nikhom 74, Sattahip 13, Ban Bueang 62, Pan Thong 57, Bor Thong 23, Ko Chan 11, Nong Yai 9, and 44 new cases transferred from other provinces for medical care.

The details on the cases are as follows:

1. Cluster, Thai Kobashi Co., Ltd. in Si Racha, 14 cases
2. Cluster, Mitsubishi Electric Consumer Products (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Mueang Chonburi, 8 cases
3. Cluster, Excellent Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Ban Bueng, 7 cases
4. Cluster, Molten (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Si Racha, 6 cases
5. Cluster, Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Si Racha, 5 cases
6. A risky occupation, meeting a large number of people, 28 cases
7. 5 medical personnel
8. Many enterprises in Rayong Province, 22 cases
9. Close contact of confirmed patients in families – 263 cases, in workplaces – 97 cases, and close people in general – 30 cases
10. Close contacts (under investigation) – 160 cases
11. 360 cases are under investigation in general.

A total of 1,283 close contact searches were received today with 971 initial proactive searches, and more proactive search reports are pending.

There are currently, in Chonburi, clusters of Covid-19 at 21 establishments and five markets, 10 construction worker camps, and four communities. TPN media notes that this cluster information appears to be outdated but is what was provided by authorities.