Covid-19: 186 new locally transmitted cases in Singapore, including 90 unlinked ones
SINGAPORE — Singapore on Sunday (Sept 5) recorded 186 new locally transmitted cases of Covid-19, including 90 that are not linked to earlier infections.
Sixty-three cases are linked to previous infections and had already been quarantined, the Ministry of Health said.
Another 33 are linked to previous cases and were detected through surveillance.
Among the cases are four seniors aged above 70 who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, and are at risk of serious illness.
There are also five imported cases, making a total of 191 new cases recorded on Sunday.
The country has recorded a total of 68,660 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic.
A total of 653 Covid-19 patients are currently warded in hospital. Twenty-four people are seriously ill and require oxygen support, and five are in critical condition.
Of those who have fallen very ill, 22 are seniors aged above 60, of whom 11 are completely unvaccinated or had taken just one dose of a vaccine.
Over the last 28 days, the percentage of unvaccinated people who became severely ill or had died is 6.7 per cent, while that for the fully vaccinated is 0.9 per cent.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has jumped from 634 in the week before to 1,233 in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased from 133 in the week before to 500 in the past week.
There were no new clusters added on Sunday, and seven clusters have closed. There are currently 55 clusters, ranging between 3 and 1,155 infections.
As of Sept 4, more than 8.7 million doses of Covid-19 Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty and Moderna vaccines have been administered, covering about 4.5 million people, with around 4.4 million individuals having completed the full vaccination regimen.
In addition, 170,577 doses of other vaccines recognised in the World Health Organisation’s Emergency Use Listing have been administered, covering 86,080 individuals.
In total, 81 per cent of the population has completed their full regimen of Covid-19 vaccination, and 83 per cent has received at least one dose.
