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SINGAPORE – 42 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed as of noon on Saturday (September 12), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,357.
They included four community cases, including one permanent resident and three holders of work passes, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said.
There were also 10 imported cases that were placed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore.
More details will be announced Saturday night.
On Friday, the Health Ministry announced a new group of coronavirus in a dormitory of foreign workers in Tuas.
The dormitory, SCM Tuas Lodge at 80 Tuas South Boulevard, has two newly confirmed Covid-19 patients who were linked to three previous cases.
There were no new cases in the community on Friday.
Of the 86 new infections on Friday, 13 were imported cases. Three were Singaporean and seven were permanent residents who returned to Singapore separately from Egypt on August 27, India on August 28 and 30, and the Philippines on August 30.
Two other imported cases were dependent pass holders who arrived separately from India and the United States on August 30. The latest patient was a student pass holder who arrived from India on August 30.
Migrant workers staying in dormitories made up the remaining 73 new coronavirus patients announced Friday.
Among the 73 cases, 34 were identified as contacts from previous cases and had already been quarantined to prevent further transmission. They were tested during quarantine to determine their status.
The remaining 39 cases were detected through surveillance tests, such as routine tests on the list of workers who stay in dormitories every fifteen days.
Thirty-three of the new patients staying in the dormitories were from the Avery Lodge Dormitory in Jurong, a group that had a total of 68 confirmed cases as of Friday.
The average number of new daily cases in the community in a week has decreased from three cases two weeks ago to two in the last week.
The number of unrelated cases in the community in one week has also decreased from a daily average of two cases to one during the same period.
With 49 cases discharged on Friday, 56,592 patients have made a full recovery from the disease.
A total of 49 patients remained in hospital on Friday, none in intensive care, while 632 were recovering 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 more than 28.6 million people. More than 919,000 people have died.
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