Daily Update on Tsunami Disaster THAILAND
Daily Update on Tsunami Disaster THAILAND 7 JANUARY 2005 3pm 1. Casualty update Province Reporte DEAD Injured d Missing Thai Foreign Unknown Total Thai Foreign Unknown Total Phang 2,043 1,950 2,213 0 4,163 4,344 1,253 0 5,597 Nga Krabi 831 288 188 210 686 808 568 0 1,376 Phuket 683 154 105 3 262 591 520 0 1,111 Ranong 12 167 2 0 169 215 31 0 246 Trang 1 3 2 0 5 92 20 0 112 Satun 0 6 0 0 6 15 0 0 15 TOTAL 3,570 2,568 2,510 213 5,291 6,065 2,392 0 8,457 Source: Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DPM), Ministry of Interior (as of 6pm, 6-1-05) Ø Counts on DEATH are based on the number of bodies recovered Ø Counts on the INJURED are based on the number of people rescued and sent to hospitals, and this includes the number of people discharged from hospitals. Ø Counts on MISSING are based on the number of people reported missing to the officials. Ø NOTE: There are a number of bodies recovered but unidentified, which may overlap with the number of people reported missing. 2. Disease Surveillance in 6 provinces affected by Tsunami, Bureau of Epidemiology, Ministry of Public Health 2.1 Update as of 5 January 2005 Out of a total of 117 new cases seeking care: · Diarrheal syndrome = 77 (no deaths) · Respiratory syndrome = 12 (no deaths) (8 influenza, 4 pneumonia) · Fever syndrome = 1 (no death) (dengue) · Vaccine preventable diseases = 0 1 · Central nervous system infection = 0 · Wound infections = 18 2.2 Cumulative cases (26-12-04 to 5-1-05) A total of 1,159 cumulative cases have been reported, with 2 deaths.
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