Singapore reports 5,729 new Covid-19 cases, 5 deaths
As of Wednesday, Singapore has recorded 1,090,823 Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
SINGAPORE — Singapore reported 5,729 new Covid-19 cases as of noon on Wednesday (March 30), comprising 5,590 local infections and 139 imported ones.
There were five fatalities, taking the death toll from coronavirus complications to 1,263.
There are 660 patients in hospital, according to the latest infection statistics on the Ministry of Health's (MOH) website. A total of 72 patients require oxygen supplementation.
Twenty-six patients are in the intensive care unit, compared to 25 on Tuesday.
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 Wednesday, 4,964 are classified under Protocol 2, comprising 4,853 local cases and 111 imported infections.
Another 765 cases were confirmed via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, with 28 of them being imported infections.
The week-on-week infection ratio is 0.66, lower than the 0.69 on Tuesday. A number below 1 indicates that the number of new weekly Covid-19 cases is falling.
Singapore has recorded 1,090,823 Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
As of Tuesday, 95 per cent of Singapore's eligible population have completed their full vaccination regimen under the national vaccination programme.
About 71 per cent of the total population have received their vaccine booster shots. CNA
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