11 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, all imported

SINGAPORE — Singapore on Tuesday (March 16) reported 11 new imported cases of Covid-19. There were no cases in the wider community.

In its update on the coronavirus situation here, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said that all the 11 people had been placed on stay-home notices or isolated upon their arrival here and were tested while serving quarantine.

They are:

• Five dependant’s pass holders who arrived from India and Nepal

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  One student’s pass holder who came from India

• One work pass holder who arrived from Turkey

• Three work permit holders who arrived from Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia — one of whom is a foreign domestic worker

• One special pass holder who is a seafarer. The 43-year-old woman had arrived from the Philippines on a vessel and had remained onboard until she was taken to the hospital for abdominal pain

Overall, the number of new cases in the community has gone down from four in the week before to two in the past week, MOH said.

The number of cases with no links in the community has also gone down from three in the week before to two in the past week.

UPDATE ON REMAINING CASES

The total number of infections in Singapore is now 60,128.

Of these, 59,984 people have fully recovered and been discharged, including 10 on Tuesday.

There are still 21 patients in hospitals. “Of these, most are stable or improving, and none is in the intensive care unit,” MOH said.

Another 93 patients are isolated at community facilities. They have mild symptoms or are clinically well but still tested positive for Covid-19.

Thirty people have died from complications due to the disease.