Covid-19: 191 more cases in Singapore, three new clusters at foreign worker dormitories
Toh Guan Dormitory, a cluster which has a total of 40 confirmed cases now.
SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Saturday (April 11) said there were 191 more cases of Covid-19 in Singapore.
Three new clusters at foreign worker dormitories have also emerged.
Of the new cases, 51 are linked to clusters at foreign worker dormitories while another 21 are linked to non-dormitory clusters or other cases.
Contact tracing and investigation are underway for another 119 cases which are as yet unlinked.
MOH also announced that a 90-year-old Singaporean man had died on Saturday morning from complications due to the virus — the eighth death recorded in the Republic.
In the past week, MOH said it has uncovered links for 168 previously unlinked cases and three new clusters.
They are at Westlite Woodlands dormitory, North Coast Lodge in Woodlands and Cassia @ Penjuru, a dormitory in Jurong.
MOH said that epidemiological investigations and contact tracing uncovered the new clusters, linking previously announced and new cases:
Eight of the earlier confirmed cases (Cases 1399, 1921, 1721, 2008, 2047, 2075, 2083 and 2089) are now linked to the new cluster at Westlite Woodlands dormitory.
Two of the newly confirmed cases (Cases 2262 and 2263) are linked to four previous cases (Cases 1429, 1464, 2080 and 2081), forming the new cluster at North Coast Lodge.
Two of the newly confirmed cases (Cases 2151 and 2170) are linked to three previous cases (Cases 1636, 1651 and 1739), forming the new cluster at Cassia @ Penjuru (15 Penjuru Walk).
Links were also found to existing clusters:
Twenty-nine additional cases are linked to the cluster at S11 Dormitory @ Punggol, which has a total of 335 confirmed cases now.
Six additional cases are linked to the cluster at Toh Guan Dormitory, which has a total of 40 confirmed cases now.
Eight additional cases are linked to the cluster at Sungei Tengah Lodge, which has a total of 63 confirmed cases now.
One additional case is linked to the cluster at Tampines Dormitory, which has a total of 50 cases now.
Two additional cases are linked to the cluster at Kranji Lodge, which has a total of nine confirmed cases now.
Seven additional cases are linked to the cluster at Cochrane Lodge I, which has a total of 22 cases now.
Four additional cases are linked to the cluster at Cochrane Lodge II, which has a total of 11 cases now.
Two additional cases are linked to the cluster at Shaw Lodge, which has a total of eight confirmed cases now.
Four additional cases are linked to the cluster at the renovation sites at the National University Hospital, which has a total of 18 confirmed cases now.
Fourteen additional cases are linked to the cluster at Mustafa Centre, which has a total of 78 confirmed cases now.
Three additional cases are linked to the cluster at 31 Sungei Kadut Avenue and 21B Senoko Loop, which has a total of seven cases now.
One additional case is linked to the cluster at a construction site at Project Glory at Market Street, which has a total of 42 confirmed cases now.
As of noon on Saturday, MOH said it has identified 26,189 close contacts who have been quarantined.
Of these, 10,757 are currently quarantined, and 15,432 have completed their quarantine.
Meanwhile, 35 cases have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 528 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities.
