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SINGAPORE: Four new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Singapore on Sunday (Nov. 1), the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said.
All four kits were imported and all were put on a stay-at-home notice upon arrival in Singapore.
No new cases were found in the community or in the dormitories of foreign workers.
The new infections bring Singapore’s total COVID-19 cases to 58,019.
Three of the four new cases are asymptomatic.
Two of them are permanent residents: a 37-year-old man from India and a 51-year-old woman from the UK.
The woman began presenting symptoms on October 23.
The other two cases are a 32-year-old work pass holder who had come from the Netherlands and a 31-year-old work permit holder who had come from the Philippines.
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Eleven more cases of COVID-19 have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities, bringing the total number of recoveries to 57,924.
There are 46 cases left in the hospital, most stable or improving, and none in the intensive care unit.
Another 21 cases, who experience mild symptoms or are clinically well but still test positive for the virus, are isolated and cared for in community facilities.
Twenty-eight people have died from complications due to COVID-19 infection.
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As part of the Government’s efforts to improve the standard of living in migrant worker housing, a total of 8,000 migrant workers will be housed in seven new quick-build dormitories (QBD).
The newly constructed dormitories will test some new standards to make dormitory life more resilient to public health hazards like COVID-19.
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The latest facilities, which are located in Kranji, Admiralty and Choa Chu Kang, began operating about a month ago.
Eight more QBDs will be ready by the second half of next year, bringing total capacity to 25,000, according to the National Development Ministry.
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