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SINGAPORE – For the first time since March 12, there are fewer than 100 active cases of coronavirus in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Friday night (October 16).
He added that 30 patients remain in the hospital, none in intensive care, while 59 are recovering in community facilities. These add up to 89 active cases in total as of Friday.
Nine new coronavirus cases were reported on Friday, bringing Singapore’s total to 57,901.
None were patients of the community.
Of the new cases, eight were imported, including two Singaporeans, four work permit holders and two short-term visit pass holders.
Both the Singaporeans and two work permit holders returned from the Philippines. One holder of a work permit and one holder of a short-term visit pass returned from Indonesia. The remaining holder of the short-term visit pass and the holder of the work permit returned from India and Myanmar respectively.
All imported cases were placed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore, the Health Ministry said.
The last new case on Friday was a migrant worker who was examined as part of routine bedroom workers. He was asymptomatic when he was tested.
The ministry also confirmed that there were no new locations visited by infectious coronavirus patients. The group at Jovell’s construction site in Upper Changi has been closed because there have been no new cases linked to them for 28 days or two incubation periods.
The number of new daily cases in the community 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 decreased from an average of less than one case per day to no cases during the same period.
With 20 cases discharged on Friday, 57,769 patients have fully recovered from the disease.
Singapore has had 28 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died from other causes.
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