Picture 1 shows 7 days worth of covid infections by province (source: Thaiger).
I calculated a total and checked the population of Bangkok and Chonburi provinces on Wikipedia. This allows a 7-day infection rate to be calculated. See table.
It's worse in Bangkok. Yet, the bars in Bangkok are open already whilst Pattaya has to wait TWO whole months.
It seems some provinces are treated more harshly than others ? From what I recall, it was similar back in early 2021.