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SINGAPORE – 11 new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Friday (September 18), bringing Singapore’s total to 57.543.
This is the lowest daily figure in about six months since March 12, when there were nine cases.
Friday’s cases included a community patient who is from Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.
There was also an imported case that had received a notice of detention upon arrival in Singapore.
More details will be announced on Friday evening.
On Thursday, the Health Ministry confirmed that there were 18 new cases of coronavirus, which was the lowest daily figure since March 16, when there were 17 cases.
Thursday’s cases included a community case – a 48-year-old Indian national who has a work pass and is not linked to previous cases.
It was confirmed to be positive on Wednesday. Although asymptomatic, it was detected during routine testing of workers in the construction, marine and process sectors living outside of bedrooms.
There were also two new imported cases: a work pass holder who returned from France and a dependent pass holder who returned from India.
Both were asymptomatic and had been listed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore.
Sim Lim Square was the only new place added to the list of places visited by Covid-19 patients when they were still infectious, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.
A visit to the mall was recorded on September 4.
The ministry provides a list of locations and the hours that Covid-19 infected patients have visited for at least 30 minutes, so that those who were in these locations at specific periods will closely monitor their health for two weeks from the date. of your visit.
The full list of locations and times can be found on the website of the Ministry of Health.
The ministry has said that close contacts would have already been reported and that there is no need to avoid these places as they would have been cleaned up if necessary.
Migrant workers staying in dormitories made up the remaining 15 new coronavirus cases on Thursday.
Among these, 10 were identified as contacts from previous cases and had already been quarantined to prevent further transmission. They were tested during their quarantine period.
The remaining five cases were detected through surveillance tests, such as routine tests on the list of workers who stay in dormitories, which are carried out every fifteen days.
The Health Ministry did not announce new clusters on Thursday.
The number of unrelated cases in the community has been stable at less than one case per day in the past two weeks.
With 84 cases discharged on Thursday, 57,024 patients have fully recovered from the disease.
A total of 43 patients remained in the hospital, while 423 recovered in community facilities. None were in intensive care.
Singapore has had 27 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died from other causes.
Globally, the virus outbreak, which began in December last year, has infected more than 30 million people. More than 950,000 people have died.
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