Singapore reports 4,269 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 4,269 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Thursday (Apr 7), comprising 4,145 local infections and 124 imported ones. 

There were three fatalities, taking the death toll from coronavirus complications to 1,290.

There are 416 patients in hospital, according to the latest infection statistics on the Ministry of Health's (MOH) website. A total of 44 patients require oxygen supplementation.

Fifteen patients are in the intensive care unit, unchanged from Wednesday.

Most of Singapore's new COVID-19 infections are Protocol 2 cases, which are those who are well or assessed to have a mild condition.

Among the new cases reported on Thursday, 3,771 are classified under Protocol 2, comprising 3,665 local cases and 106 imported infections.

Another 498 cases were confirmed via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, with 18 of them being imported infections. 

The week on week infection ratio is 0.73, higher than the 0.72 on Wednesday. A number below 1 indicates that the number of new weekly COVID-19 cases is falling.

Singapore has recorded 1,128,155 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.

As of Wednesday, 96 per cent of Singapore's eligible population have completed their full vaccination regimen under the national vaccination programme.

About 72 per cent of the total population have received their vaccine booster shots.