29 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, all imported
SINGAPORE — Singapore reported 29 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday (Feb 1), all of which were imported.
There were no cases in the wider community, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.
All of the imported cases had been placed on stay-home notices or isolated upon their arrival here, the ministry added.
Twenty-six of them had no symptoms.
The 29 imported cases were:
Two Singaporeans aged 47 and 61 as well as three permanent residents who returned from India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Three dependant’s pass holders who arrived from India and the UAE
Two long-term visit pass holders who came from India
Four work pass holders who arrived from India
Ten work permit holders who arrived from India, Indonesia and Myanmar — six of whom are foreign domestic workers
Five short-term visit pass holders. One of them arrived from Italy for a work project here while another came from India for his studies in Singapore. The remaining three cases were from India and Indonesia, to visit their family members here
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has gone down from 13 in the week before to three in the past week.
The number of cases with no known links in the community has gone down slightly from three in the week before to two in the past week.
UPDATES ON REMAINING CASES
The total number of infections in Singapore is now 59,565.
Of these, 59,271 people have fully recovered and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities, including 43 on Monday.
There are still 45 patients in hospitals. “Of these, most are stable or improving, and none is in the intensive care unit,” MOH said.
Another 220 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.
