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SINGAPORE, December 13 (Bernama): Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MINSA) confirmed that one of the seven imported Covid-19 cases in the republic announced on Friday (December 11) is a 44-year-old Malaysian man.
Labeled as case 58527, the work permit holder who arrived from Malaysia was placed on stay-at-home notice (SHN), it said in its full data released Friday night.
The ministry said the man and five other imported cases were asymptomatic and were detected by their detection and proactive surveillance.
The symptomatic imported case involved a 42-year-old Singaporean man who returned from Indonesia.
As of midday Friday, the republic reported a total of eight new cases, with one case in a bedroom, bringing the total infection here to 58,305.
To date, MINSA has classified 1,525 of the reported cases as imported, 2,275 as community cases, and 54,505 involving dormitory residents.
About 99 percent or 58,192 cases had fully recovered here, while a total of 29 confirmed cases remained hospitalized and none are in the intensive care unit.
Meanwhile, 55 patients who have mild symptoms or who are clinically well, but who have tested positive for Covid-19, have been isolated and cared for in community facilities.
So far, 29 have died from complications due to Covid-19 infection here with the last death reported on November 28 and the first two deaths on March 21.
Singapore closed the latest coronavirus cluster, a migrant worker dormitory, on Nov. 25 – Bernama
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