4 things you should know about “Omicron” in Thailand, relieve the number of critically ill patients. But do not underestimate the total number of infected people.

Update the epidemic situationCovid-19 species “Omicron” (20 Jan 2022) Dr. Chalermchai Boonyaleephan Vice-President of the Senate Public Health Commission posted a message stating that Thailand’s covids at the moment relieve the severely ill Do not underestimate the number of infected people. The 4th wave of covid situation or new wave from the virus “Omicron” or “Omicron” Which started on January 1, 2022, you will find many interesting statistics. enough to tell the trend or the direction of the future situation following 20 days as follows

• The death toll remains at a level of 9-19 per day.
• The number of critically ill patients remained at the level of 480-583 beds.
• The number of ventilator users remained stable at the level of 105-158 beds.

This is consistent with global data that found that people infected with coronavirus from the virus “Omicron” People with delta virus tend to have less severe symptoms. The number of infected people (PCR examination) continued to increase at a slower rate, from 3,011 cases to 8,129 cases; (ATK check) also increased from 434 to 2,170 cases, bringing the total number of infected people (PCR+ATK) Increased from 3,445 to 10,299, resulting in the number of infected people in the public health system. increased from 32,929 to 82,734 with the virus “Omicron” It is 97% of the main breed in Bangkok and regarding 80% of the national average.

In summary, for the 4th wave of covids from “Omicron” looks as follows

1. virus “Omicron” instead of the main species “Delta species” already
2. The total number of infected people with severe symptoms included severely ill people who use ventilators. and the deceased are lower than those from Delta.
3. The total number of infected people tend to increase but with a slower acceleration than foreign countries
4. The number of people treated in the public health system tends to gradually increase continuously

Makes the determination or improvement of various measures to cope with the Covid situation. It will require a lot of effort and caution. because it must support the economic dimension and social dimensions to move forward but must be careful not to cause severe outbreaks of new affecting the public health system which in the end will affect the economic and social dimensions as well

“Relaxing regarding the top of the critically ill But don’t underestimate the total number of infected people.”