12 new Covid-19 infections in Singapore, all of which are imported
Singapore reported 12 new cases of Covid-19 infections on Saturday (Oct 31).
SINGAPORE — Singapore confirmed 12 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday (Oct 31), all of which are imported.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) said that all except one of the cases are asymptomatic.
The imported cases reported on Saturday comprise two Singaporeans who returned from Indonesia and the United States; a permanent resident who returned from Indonesia and a Dependant’s Pass holder who arrived from Greece.
The remaining eight imported cases are Work Permit holders currently employed in Singapore who arrived from Indonesia and the Philippines.
All the 12 imported cases had been placed on stay-home notices upon their arrival in Singapore and were tested while serving their notices.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has gone down from three in the week before to two in the past week.
The number of cases with no known links in the community has also gone down from three in the week before to two in the past week.
MOH said that it had also closed the Kian Teck Dormitory cluster as there have been no more cases linked to the cluster for the last 28 days.
UPDATES ON REMAINING CASES
The total number of infections in Singapore now stands at 58,015.
Of these, 57,913 people have fully recovered and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities, including four on Saturday.
There are still 42 patients in hospitals and most are in stable condition or improving. No one is in intensive care.
Another 32 patients are isolated and being cared for at community facilities. They have mild symptoms or are clinically well but still tested positive for Covid-19.
Twenty-eight people have died from complications due to Covid-19.
