Singapore confirms seven new cases, all imported



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A health worker performs a rapid antigen test for the Covid-19 coronavirus on a passenger during boarding procedures on the World Dream cruise ship for "cruises to nowhere" at Marina Bay Cruise Center in Singapore on November 6, 2020 in an attempt to revive its pandemic-affected tourism industry.  (Photo by Roslan Rahman / AFP) (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP via Getty Images)
A health worker performs a rapid antigen test for COVID-19 on a passenger during boarding procedures on the World Dream cruise ship for “cruises to nowhere” at Marina Bay Cruise Center in Singapore. (PHOTO: Roslan Rahman / AFP via Getty Images)

SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MINSA) confirmed seven new cases of COVID-19 in Singapore as of noon on Saturday (November 7), bringing the country’s total to 58,054.

There are no new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection.

“There are seven imported cases, which had already been included in the stay-at-home notice upon arrival in Singapore,” the ministry said.

More details will be provided later in the evening, the MS said.

This story will be updated later.

99% of all cases have recovered; none in ICU

With 10 more patients discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities on Friday, 57,959 cases, or 99.8 percent of the total, have fully recovered from the infection.

Most of the 36 hospitalized cases are stable or improving, while none are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

A total of 24 patients with mild symptoms or who are clinically well but still test positive are isolated and cared for in community facilities.

In addition to 28 patients who died from complications of COVID-19, another 15 who tested positive for the virus were determined to have died from unrelated causes, including three whose deaths were attributed to a heart attack and another four whose deaths were attributed to coronary heart disease. . heart disease.

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