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12 Feb 2022 1:37 p.m.
Date 12 Feb 2022 Prof. Dr.Yong Phuworawan Head of the Center specializing in Clinical Virology Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Post a message via Facebook regarding the COVID-19 mortality rate in Thailand.
Since January The outbreak strain in Thailand has changed from a delta strain to a subspecies.Omikron We can clearly see that the mortality rate Refers to the number of deaths per week With the number of RT-PCR confirmed at approximately 0.2%, there are approximately 1,000 RT-PCR confirmed cases, with approximately 2 deaths.
Although the number of patients is increasing The morbidity and mortality rate remained the same. increasing number of patients The number of deaths will increase. But when considering the morbidity and mortality rate The numbers remain the same as shown in the figure.
Many people may claim that the sickness is increasing today. It takes an average of 8-12 days to get sick and die. The morbidity rate this week may be in line with the previous week. But from this data, it can be seen from the days of the same delta species. Obviously, the mortality rate of omikron species was lower than that of delta species. Because in the delta species range is between 1 and 1.5 percent, as shown in the figure.
We wouldn’t want to get sick and die. although less Most of the deceased were still in the 608 group, or risk group. Therefore, the risk group is a group that requires special care. and have strict preventive measures not to cause infection.
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