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SINGAPORE – Seven new coronavirus cases were confirmed at noon on Sunday (December 13), bringing Singapore’s total to 58,320.
All were imported cases that had been listed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore.
The Ministry of Health (MINSA) did not announce any cases from the community or inside the workers’ bedrooms on Sunday.
More details will be announced Sunday night.
Eight new cases of coronavirus were reported on Saturday.
All were imported cases that had been placed on stay-at-home notices or isolated upon arrival in Singapore, the Health Ministry said.
Saturday’s cases included five Singaporeans and one Singaporean permanent resident who had returned from Nepal, Britain and India.
The permanent resident was the only patient reported Saturday who had symptoms, and symptoms appeared on Thursday.
The rest were asymptomatic and were detected when they were tested while caring for their SHN.
Two other cases on Saturday were dependent pass holders who arrived from the United States and the Maldives.
The ages of the new cases on Saturday ranged from 19 to 59.
The Health Ministry said the number of new cases in the community has remained low, with no new cases in the last week.
There were still 28 cases in the hospital on Saturday and none in the intensive care unit.
Fifty-nine cases, who have mild symptoms or are clinically well but still test positive for Covid-19, were isolated and cared for in community facilities.
Five more cases were discharged on Saturday, the Health Ministry said.
Singapore has had 29 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 71.7 million people. More than 1.6 million people have died.
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