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SINGAPORE – A total of 752 new Covid-19 cases have been preliminarily confirmed on Thursday (May 14), bringing the total count in Singapore to 26,098.
These include two Singapore residents and permanent residents, while foreign workers living in dormitories make up the majority of the remaining cases.
More details will be released later Thursday, the Health Ministry (MOH) said.
On Wednesday, 958 patients were discharged, a new daily high, as 675 more new cases of Covid-19 were identified.
It was the second time this week that the number of discharged patients has exceeded the number of new cases.
On Monday, 504 patients were discharged and 486 new cases were announced, though the Health Ministry said at the time that this was in part because fewer tests were processed that day after a failure of the equipment produced false positives. during the weekend.
This means that as of Wednesday, 4,800 have fully recovered from Covid-19 since the first case was reported here on January 23.
Of the new cases announced Wednesday, only two were Singaporean. Two others were work pass holders, while the remaining 671 were foreign workers staying in dormitories.
The average daily number of new cases outside of dorms has decreased.
For Singaporeans, permanent residents and long-term pass holders, this has dropped from eight two weeks ago to six in the past week.
For work permit holders who are left out of dorms, it has decreased from six two weeks ago to four during the same period.
There are also fewer unrelated cases among Singaporeans, RPs, and long-term pass holders. The number dropped from an average of three per day two weeks ago to two per day in the past week.
Meanwhile, new cases among foreign workers staying in dormitories mean that more than 7 percent of the 323,000 workers staying there have tested positive for coronavirus, a prevalence rate much higher than 0.07 percent among incumbents. off-dorm work permits and 0.03 percent among Singaporeans, RPs, and pass holders.
The Ministry of Health said this is due to extensive testing in both specially designed bedrooms and factory converted bedrooms.
The ministry said Tuesday that it is also evaluating those who are well and asymptomatic as part of its process to verify and assess the status of each worker.
In Singapore, so far 21 people have died from complications from Covid-19, while nine others who tested positive for the virus died from other causes.
Globally, the outbreak, which started in December last year, has infected more than 4.4 million people. Some 298,000 have died.
The United States remains the most affected country, with more than 1.4 million cases and 85,000 deaths from Covid-19 as of Thursday.
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