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SINGAPORE – Five new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Monday (November 16), bringing Singapore’s total to 58,124.
All were imported cases and had been included in stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said.
There were no new community cases or worker dormitory cases.
More details will be announced Monday night.
Three new cases of coronavirus were confirmed on Sunday.
Among them were two permanent residents, a 61-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman, who returned from India.
The other case reported Sunday is that of a short-term visitor’s pass holder, a 30-year-old American woman who arrived from Italy. She is an engineer on a work project in Singapore.
The three patients reported on Sunday were imported cases that were placed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore, the Health Ministry said.
All were asymptomatic and tested positive while fulfilling their warnings.
Sunday was the fifth day in a row that there were no new community cases and none of the workers’ bedrooms.
The number of new cases in the community has remained low, with one case in the last week that is not linked, the ministry said.
The Health Ministry added that epidemiological investigations are underway.
Meanwhile, all identified close contacts of the cases have been isolated and quarantined. Tests will be conducted at the beginning and end of their quarantine period so that asymptomatic cases can be detected, the ministry said.
The Ministry of Health will also conduct serological tests for close contacts to determine whether the cases could have been infected by them.
With 10 new cases discharged on Sunday, 58,014 patients have fully recovered from the disease.
A total of 41 patients remained in the hospital on Sunday, none in the intensive care unit, while 21 recovered in community facilities.
Singapore has had 28 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died from other causes.
Globally, the virus outbreak that began in December last year has infected more than 54 million people. More than 1.3 million people have died.
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