Chonburi Public Relations announces 381 new cases of Covid-19 with five new deaths

Chonburi –

The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 381 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 today with three new deaths, July 11th.

This makes a total of 11,632 cases of Covid-19 in the current round of infections, with 4,009 still under medical care/supervision, and with a total of 65 recorded deaths in Chonburi since the start of this recent round of infections in early April. Five new deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours although specific details, which is normal for Chonburi Public Health, were not released.

Additionally, 7,558 people in total have now been released from medical care and fully recovered since this current wave began. 207 people were released yesterday.

The district-level new cases were as follows today:

Mueang Chonburi 144, Si Racha 73, Banglamung (Pattaya) 42, Panat Nikhom 9, Sattahip 7, Ban Bueang 47, Pan Thong 21, Bor Thong 25, Nong Yai 2, and 11 new cases transferred from other provinces for medical care.

The details on the cases are as follows:

1. Proactive inspection of an establishment in the Bor Thong District, 21 cases
2. 5 confirmed cases with symptoms from previous contacts in a school in the Panat Nikhom District
3. Risky occupation that meets a lot of people, 4 cases (This category is generally occupations with high levels of customer contact, like taxi drivers or grocery store workers)
4. Beach Shop Operator in Mueang Chonburi District 2 cases
5. 1 medical personnel
6. Maxis International (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Rayong Province 1 person
7. Matsuda Denki (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Rayong Province 1 person
8. Stars Technology Industrial Company Limited, Rayong Province 2 persons
9. One prison officer
10. Close contacts of previously confirmed cases from other provinces who traveled:
10.1 Bangkok 4 cases
10.2 Phetchabun Province, 1 case
10.3 Pathum Thani Province 1 case
11. General close contacts:
11.1 A total of 110 family members of previously confirmed patients
11.2 Co-workers of previously confirmed cases, 122 in total
11.3 People who joined an illegal party-2 cases
12. Close contacts of previous cases under investigation for their timelines- 46 cases
13. 57 cases are under investigation in general

A total of 961 close contact searches were received today with 492 initial proactive searches, and more proactive search reports are pending.

There are currently clusters of outbreaks in 11 establishments and five markets, 10 construction worker camps, and three communities in Chonburi. The vast majority, according to Chonburi Public Health, are asymptomatic or mild cases.

Chonburi Public Health has said the majority of recent outbreaks in the province are being spread at home and then going into worksites, factories, markets, and similar places.  Most of these are at worker camps or dormitories where the majority of people live in densely packed situations and mix and mingle with people who work at other locations and places.

The current focus is to identify these camps, proactively search them, and shut down the ones where outbreaks are found. Workers are being asked not to socialize (especially around drinking alcohol), refrain from eating with other people, and to stay alone as much as possible to prevent the spread of Covid-19. TPN notes this can be difficult as at some of these dormitories dozens of people share the same accommodation and use the same bathroom facilities.