956 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore; 692 Omicron infections confirmed
SINGAPORE — Singapore reported 956 new Covid-19 cases as of noon on Saturday (Jan 15), including 404 imported infections.
There were three fatalities, taking the country's death toll from coronavirus complications to 843, according to the latest infection statistics on the Ministry of Health's (MOH) website.
Saturday's case count was up from the 945 infections reported on Friday.
Among the new cases, 552 were locally transmitted. The Health Ministry did not provide a breakdown of the number of cases in the community and in migrant workers' dormitories.
A total of 692 new Omicron infections were confirmed on Saturday, comprising 151 imported cases and 541 local cases. This is presented as a separate set of data from the daily Covid-19 cases.
The weekly infection growth rate on Saturday was 1.47, up from Friday’s 1.38.
A figure above 1 means that the number of new weekly cases is rising.
As of Saturday, Singapore has recorded 290,986 Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
HOSPITALISATIONS AND VACCINATIONS
There were 181 patients in hospital, with nine requiring oxygen supplementation. Twelve patients are in the intensive care unit.
As of Friday, 91 per cent of Singapore's eligible population have completed their full vaccination regimen under the national vaccination programme.
This figure has been updated to include children aged five to 11 after vaccination for this age group started on Dec 27.
About 51 per cent of the total population have received their vaccine booster shots. CNA
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