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SINGAPORE – 11 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed as of noon on Friday (September 25), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,665.
This is the lowest daily number of new patients since last Friday, when 11 new infections were also reported.
New patients on Friday included two imported cases that had been placed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.
There were no new community cases for the second consecutive day.
More details will be announced Friday evening.
On Thursday, the 15 new coronavirus cases announced by the Ministry of Health included five imported cases: a Singaporean, a permanent resident, a work pass holder, a dependent pass holder and a long-term visit pass holder. .
Four of them, including the Singaporean who is a 44-year-old man, returned from India, while the fifth imported case returned from Indonesia. All of them were posted on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore, the Health Ministry said.
No new community cases were announced Thursday.
Migrant workers staying in dormitories made up the remaining 10 new coronavirus patients announced Thursday.
Among these, five were identified as contacts from previous cases and had already been quarantined to prevent further transmission. They were tested during their quarantine period, the ministry said.
The remaining five cases were detected through surveillance tests, such as routine testing of workers who stay in dormitories every fortnight.
No new clusters or new locations visited by infectious patients with Covid-19 were announced on Thursday.
The Health Ministry said the dormitory cluster at 15 Kaki Bukit Crescent has been closed as it has had no new cases linked to it for 28 days, or two incubation periods.
The number of new daily cases in the community in a week 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 during the last fortnight.
With 42 cases discharged on Thursday, 57,318 patients have made a full recovery from the disease.
A total of 28 patients remained in the hospital, while 266 recovered in community facilities. None were in intensive care.
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 32.3 million people. More than 987,000 people have died.
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