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SINGAPORE – 10 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed as of noon on Friday (October 2), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,794.
This is the lowest daily figure since March 12, which had nine cases.
The new cases on Friday included a community case, which is the holder of a work pass, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said.
There were also five imported cases, which were included in stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore.
More details will be announced Friday evening.
On Thursday, the Health Ministry confirmed 19 new cases of coronavirus, after eliminating two community cases that it had previously announced when further tests confirmed that people did not have Covid-19.
Initial tests showed that they were almost positive.
In an update Thursday night, the ministry revised the number of community cases from three to one. The only case was a permanent resident.
Among the 15 imported cases reported are four special pass holders who are members of the crew of a ship that arrived from Malaysia on September 23.
They did not disembark and were later transferred to a hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 while on board.
The other imported cases had three Singaporeans and two permanent residents between them, the others were long-term pass holders and one a short-term visit pass.
Eight arrived in Singapore from India between September 17 and 28, including two Singaporeans. The third Singaporean returned from Indonesia on September 19. The remaining two imported cases were from France and the Philippines.
Separately, Junction Nine at Yishun and Orchis Food Court at Changi Airport Terminal 1 were among the places visited by Covid-19 patients while they were infectious.
Migrant workers living in dormitories made up the remaining three patients.
One was previously identified as a previous case contact and had been quarantined to prevent further transmission. It was tested during quarantine.
The other two were detected through surveillance tests.
The number of new daily cases in the community has remained stable at an average of less than one case per day in the last two weeks.
The number of unrelated cases in the community has also remained stable at an average of less than one case per day in the same period.
With 24 cases discharged on Thursday, 57,497 patients have fully recovered from the disease.
Forty-four patients remained in the hospital, none in intensive care, while 201 recovered in community facilities.
Singapore has had 27 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died from other causes.
The number of new daily cases in the community has remained stable at an average of less than one case per day in the last two weeks. The number of unrelated cases in the community has also remained stable at an average of less than one case per day in the same period.
Globally, the virus outbreak, which began in December last year, has infected more than 34.5 million people. More than a million people have died.
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