Covid-19 cases in Singapore cross 10,000-mark, with 1,016 new infections
There are 10,141 Covid-19 cases in Singapore as of April 22, 2020.
SINGAPORE — Singapore confirmed 1,016 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday (April 22), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a statement.
It is the third consecutive day that the country has reported more than 1,000 new cases, and it brings the total number of cases here to 10,141.
The vast majority of the new patients are work permit holders residing in dormitories housing migrant workers. Fifteen of the new cases involve Singaporeans and permanent residents.
MOH said there were no new imported cases.
Seventeen infections were cases in the community: Fifteen are Singaporeans or permanent residents while two are work pass holders.
MOH said the number of new cases in the community has decreased, from an average of 36 per day in the week before, to an average of 25 per day in the past week.
The number of unlinked cases in the community has also gone down, from an average of 21 per day in the week before, to an average of 17 per day in the past week.
Of the cases involving foreign workers, 32 infections were linked to those residing outside the dormitories.
Another 967 were linked to those residing in dormitories.
MOH said the main increase on Wednesday “continues to be for work permit holders residing in dormitories, where we are picking up many more cases because of extensive testing”.
“Most of these cases have a mild illness and are being monitored in the community isolation facilities or general ward of our hospitals. None of them is in the intensive care unit,” the health ministry said.
MOH also identified eight new clusters of infections: 10 Kranji Link, 32 Tuas View Square, 36 Tuas View Square, 40 Tuas View Square, 61 Senoko Drive, 8 Sungei Kadut Avenue, 18 Sungei Kadut Avenue and Wing Fong Court located at 10 Lorong 14 Geylang.
UPDATE ON THE CONFIRMED CASES
In all, MOH said 896 patients have fully recovered from the Covid-19 infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities, including the 57 discharged on Wednesday.
Of the 4,234 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most are in stable condition or improving.
Twenty-five patients are in critical condition under intensive care.
MOH said 4,999 cases who are clinically well but still test positive for Covid-19 are isolated and cared for at community facilities.
An 84-year-old Singaporean woman — identified as Case 1071 —on Tuesday became the 12th person to die from Covid-19 infection in the Republic.
