1 unlinked locally transmitted infection among 8 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore
SINGAPORE — Singapore on Sunday (July 11) recorded one new locally transmitted case of Covid-19 that has no links to past infections.
Another seven cases were imported, making a total of eight new Covid-19 cases for the day.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a statement that one of the imported cases was detected on arrival in Singapore. The other six developed the disease while in isolation.
All seven imported cases had been isolated on arrival.
Singapore’s coronavirus case count stands at 62,692.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has decreased from 26 in the week before to 17 in the past week.
The number of unlinked cases in the community has increased from two in the week before to nine in the past week.
"The seven-day moving average number of all linked community cases and all unlinked community cases are 1.1 and 1.3 respectively," MOH said.
PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL
There are 77 Covid-19 patients who are in hospital, most are well and under observation.
Six of them require supplemental oxygen while two are in critical condition under intensive care.
"There is continuing evidence that vaccination helps to prevent serious disease when one gets infected," MOH said.
"Over the last 28 days, 23 local cases required oxygen supplementation, were admitted to ICU or passed away. 19 are unvaccinated, four are partially vaccinated and none was fully vaccinated."
VACCINATIONS
Some 6.2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been given to about 3.9 million people as of Saturday, MOH said.
Some 2.3 million people have received their second dose and completed the full vaccination regimen.
