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SINGAPORE – 10 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed as of Wednesday noon (October 7), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,840.
They included four cases of workers’ dormitories, said the Ministry of Health (MINSA).
There were also six imported cases that had been listed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore.
There were no new cases in the community. The last time there were no cases in the community was on September 27.
More details will be announced Wednesday evening, the Health Ministry said.
In an update Tuesday night, the Health Ministry said Universal Studios Singapore, Hard Rock Cafe at Resorts World Sentosa and Ikea Tampines were visited by infectious patients with Covid-19.
Supermarkets such as Giant Hypermarket in Tampines and newEcon – Top Choice Supermarket at 84 Bayshore Road were also added to the list of places visited by Covid-19 patients while they were infectious.
The ministry provides the list of places that infectious Covid-19 patients visited for at least 30 minutes and the times they visited, so that people who were in those places at the same time closely monitor their health for two weeks starting. of the date of your visit.
The full list of locations and hours can be found on the gov.sg website.
The Health Ministry has said that close contacts have already been notified and that there is no need to avoid these places as they would have been cleaned up if necessary.
Two new cases were announced in the community on Tuesday. Neither showed symptoms when tested during quarantine, and the household contacts of two patients were reported separately on Monday and Sunday. One is a seven-year-old student at a private school, while the other, a 42-year-old woman, is a homemaker. The ministry did not say what school the boy attended, but said he last attended school on September 18.
Both had been quarantined on Saturday but had not left their home since Sept. 28, the ministry said.
Four imported patients were also announced on Tuesday. Among them was a 12-year-old boy who came from Japan; an 11-year-old girl from India; a 32-year-old woman from Nepal; and a 35-year-old woman from Indonesia.
The ministry said they were all placed on 14-day stay-at-home notices upon arrival here, and were tested while meeting the notice in dedicated facilities.
Migrant workers living in dormitories made up the remaining five of 11 new coronavirus patients announced Tuesday.
The average number of new daily cases in the community in a week has increased from one case two weeks ago to two in the last week.
However, the number of unrelated cases in the community has remained stable at an average of less than one case per day for the past two weeks.
With 15 cases discharged on Tuesday, 57,597 patients have made a full recovery from the disease.
A total of 43 remained in the hospital on Tuesday, including one in the intensive care unit, while 148 recovered 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 started in December last year, has infected around 35.4 million people. More than a million people have died.
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