Chonburi –
The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 71 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 today, May 22nd, which is a major fall in cases from having 127 yesterday, driven by increased testing and a cluster at a factory and migrant worker camp dormitory for the factory in a nearby district.
This makes a total of 4,072 cases of Covid-19 in the current round of infections, with 944 still in medical care, with a total of sixteen recorded deaths in Chonburi since the start of this recent round of infections in early April.
Additionally, 3,112 people in total have now been released from medical care and fully recovered since this current wave began. 92 people were released yesterday.
The district-level new cases were as follows today:
Mueang Chonburi with 27, Si Racha 8, Banglamung (including Pattaya) 16, Phanat Nikhom 5, Sattahip 2, Ban Bueng 6, Pan Thong 4, Bor Thong 2, and one patient was transferred from another province to Chonburi for medical care.
The details on today’s cases given were:
- A cluster from a single metal factory with 14 cases, see below
- Close contacts of previous patients
- In families, 11 cases
- In workplaces, 8 cases
- One medical staff member
- Close contact under investigation 37 cases.
In the last day, a total of 203 close contacts were tested from contact tracing, and 1,876 people were tested in proactive testing when medical staff goes out into the community.
All are pending results. Chonburi has also begun proactive mass testing at industrial estates and for workers with social security at “high-risk” locations that have interactions with the general public (like supermarkets, public transportation, restaurant staff, etc). This resulted in a cluster found at a metal factory which last night the governor ordered closed temporarily.
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Chonburi Public Health officials are asking for the public to remain working from home if possible and especially to avoid small social gatherings with people who are not members of your own household until the situation improves. This is especially true of “drinking circles” involving alcohol or sharing food, such as a Thai-style BBQ.
The vast majority of cases, according to Public Health Ministry Officials are asymptomatic or mild, with only roughly ten percent having moderate or serious symptoms, generally those with pre-existing health conditions.
