19 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, all imported
SINGAPORE — There were 19 new cases of Covid-19 in Singapore on Tuesday (Feb 2), all of which were imported.
There were no cases in the wider community, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its evening update of the coronavirus situation here.
All of the imported cases had been placed on stay-home notices or isolated upon their arrival here, the ministry added.
Sixteen of them had no symptoms.
The 19 imported cases were:
Five Singaporeans and three permanent residents who returned from Canada, India, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United States
Three dependant’s pass holders who came from the UAE
Two work pass holders from Pakistan and the UAE
Three work permit holders who arrived from Bangladesh and Indonesia — two of whom are foreign domestic workers
Three short-term visit pass holders. Two of the cases had arrived from India and Indonesia to visit their family members here, while the third person came from the US for a work project in Singapore
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has gone down from nine in the week before to three in the past week.
The number of cases with no known links in the community has remained stable at two a week in the past two weeks.
UPDATES ON REMAINING CASES
The total number of infections in Singapore is now 59,584.
Of these, 59,301 people have fully recovered and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities, including 30 on Tuesday.
There are still 44 patients in hospitals. “Of these, most are stable or improving, and none is in the intensive care unit,” MOH said.
Another 210 patients are isolated at community facilities. They have mild symptoms or are clinically well but still tested positive for Covid-19.
Twenty-nine people have died from complications due to the disease.
