Highlights:
499 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Chonburi today
172 people recovered and were released from medical care
No new deaths
The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 499 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 today with no new deaths, January 4th, 2022.
This makes a total of 114,606 cases of Covid-19 in the current round of infections, with 3,235 people still under medical care/supervision, and with a total of 794 recorded deaths in Chonburi since the start of this recent round of infections in early April.
Additionally, 172 people were also released and recovered yesterday in Chonburi. 110,577 people in total have now been released from medical care and recovered in Chonburi since this current wave of Covid-19 began.
Two people were listed as being in serious condition in Chonburi currently, either on a ventilator or pneumonia, one of them was not vaccinated. According to the Chonburi Department of Public Health, the vast majority of recent cases are mild or asymptomatic.
In total, 1,913,159 people in Pattaya and Chonburi have received their first dose of a Covid -19 vaccine which is 82.14 percent of the total Chonburi population. Of those, 298,357 have received their first dose and are what the Thai government calls 608 groups (elders, have chronic health problems, and pregnant) which is 80.65 percent of those in these risk groups in Chonburi.
The district-level new cases were as follows today:
Mueang Chonburi 16, Si Racha 94, Banglamung (Pattaya) 336, Panat Nikhom 4, Sattahip 17, new soldiers in Sattahip 5, Ban Bueng 1, Phan Thong 6, Nong Yai 1, and 19 people transferred from other provinces for medical care.
The details on the cases are as follows:
- Cluster, soldiers in Sattahip, 5 cases
- Work and stayed in Rayong, transferred from other provinces for medical care, 16 cases
- Active case finding at restaurants that sell alcohol in Pattaya and Banglamung, 38 cases
- Cluster, Good Team Enterprise company in Si Racha, 3 cases
- Risky occupations meeting many people, 12 cases
- 13 medical personnel
- Back from other provinces in Chiang Mai – 2 cases and Prachuap Khiri Khan – 1 case
- Close contacts from previously confirmed cases in families – 100 cases, in workplaces – 78 cases, close personal contacts – 27 cases, and joined a party – 31 cases
- Close contacts of a confirmed patient (under investigation), 23 cases
- 150 cases close contacts of a confirmed patient (under investigation)