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PHUKET TODAY

 

  From Worldometer (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):

          DAY  USA  WORLD    Brazil    India    South Africa

2020
June     9     1093     4732         1185        246       82
July    22      1205     7128         1293      1120     572
Aug    12      1504     6556        1242        835     130
Sept     9      1208      6222       1136       1168       82
Oct     21      1225      6849         571        703       85
Nov    25       2304    12025        620        518      118
Dec    30       3880    14748       1224       299      465
2021
Jan     14       4142    15512       1151        189     712
Feb      3       4005    14265       1209       107      398
Mar      2       1989     9490        1726       110      194
April     6        906    11787         4211       631       37
May     4        853     13667        3025      3786     59 
June    1        287    10637         2346      3205      95
 July    7         251      8440        1595        817      411
Aug     4         656    10120        1118        532      423 
Sept   22      2228      9326          839       279     124
Oct      6       2102      8255          543       315       59
Nov    3        1436      7830         186        458       23
Dec     1       1633      8475          266        477       28
2022
Jan     7        2025      6729         148         285     140
Feb     2        2990   12012          946        991      175
Mar     2        1778     7756          335         173       28 
Apr     1          439      4056         290          52       12
May    5          225      2404         151            ?        64
June    2         216      1413         130          10        31
July    6          316      1627         335           35       12 
Aug    4          311       2138         258          70         ?
Sep    1          272       1732         174            ?         ?
Oct     6          281       1305         119            9         ?
Nov    3          167         980           16            ?         ?
        10          148         985           42            6         ?
        19            66         567           36           21        ?
        25            88         985           71             3        ?
Dec    3          149       1029          131            3         ?
           8          194       1320         104            6       86

Summary:
  • Oh, oh...getting worse.  This predicted winter upswing is actually happening.
  • New cases yesterday (new cases/million population in parentheses)
    • #1    Japan  133,065 (1060)
    • #2    France  71,597 (1092)
    • #3    S Korea  65,253 (1271)
    • #4    USA  37,689 (113)
    • #14  China 4079 (3)
    • But keep in mind that China does not report asymptomatic cases, which happens to be 90% of all cases.  So the actual number of new cases yesterday was 40,790 (30), still not so bad when compared with other countries.
  • For the record, new cases yesterday per million population.
    • #1    Niue  4316
    • #2    Saint Pierre Miquelon  4167
    • #3    Channel Islands  2646
    • #4    Hong Kong  1890
    • #5    S. Korea  1271
    • #6    France  1092
    • #7    Japan  1060
    • #9    Taiwan  640
    • #10  Australia  584
    • #15  Singapore  229
    • #23  USA  113
So what happened in Phuket?  There was a Christmas Market.
Unfortunately, the ship departed at 6PM when the market opened.

Before leaving, bits of news and a few photos.  According to the Phuket News, this is a three day weekend because of Constitution Day.  The transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional democracy began when Rama VII agreed to a codified constitution in 1932.  A big news item is that 42 snakes were bagged in 19 days of search in residential areas.  However, nothing close to a 20 foot python found eight years ago.


THESE PHOTOS ARE NOW BEING PROCESSED, showing Phuket today,  Return if you want see them.

One final detail.  You need to move your clock one hour ahead when departing Thailand for Malaysia.  The time for Malaysia and Singapore is the same.

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