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SINGAPORE – 23 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed as of noon on Wednesday (September 30), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,765.
They included three community cases, all of which are holders of work passes, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said.
There were also four imported cases that were included in stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore.
More details will be announced Wednesday night.
Ngee Ann City on Orchard Road, Orchis Food Court at Changi Airport Terminal 1, and Alexandra Village Food Center are among the new places visited by Covid-19 patients while they were infectious.
Between September 15 and 25, the Orchis food court was visited at six different times, while the Alexandra Village food center was visited at four separate times.
Popular places IMM, Bugis Junction, and Bugis + were also listed as new places visited by patients.
A total of 27 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed on Tuesday.
There was a community case holding a Malaysian work permit.
There were also nine imported cases, including one Singaporean, five permanent residents, one work pass holder, one work permit holder and one dependent pass holder.
The Singaporean and the work permit holder returned to Singapore from Indonesia, while the rest of the imported cases returned from India.
All imported cases arrived in Singapore between September 16 and 18 and were placed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in the country.
Migrant workers living in dormitories made up the remaining 17 of the 27 new coronavirus patients announced Tuesday.
Eight had previously been identified as contacts from previous cases and had been quarantined to prevent further transmission.
The remaining nine cases were detected by 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 73 cases discharged on Tuesday, 57,451 patients have made a full recovery from the disease.
A total of 32 patients remained in the hospital, none in intensive care, while 217 recovered in community facilities.
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 around 34 million people. More than a million people have died.
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