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SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MINSA) confirmed 27 new cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday (September 29), bringing Singapore’s total case count to 57,742.
The ministry also announced the closure of the cluster at SLR Revolution in the Excelsior shopping center, as there have been no cases linked to it during the last two incubation periods, or 28 days.
All but one of the 27 new cases are asymptomatic and were proactively detected, the Health Ministry said.
Of these, one is classified as a case in the community, while nine, including one Singaporean, are imported: seven came from India and two from Indonesia.
The remaining 17 cases are foreign workers living in dormitories, of whom eight had previously been identified as contacts from previous cases and had already been quarantined.
In general, 15% of new cases have no established links.
The only case in the community, no. 57867, had been identified as a domestic contact for cases 57847 and 57861. When contacted by the Ministry of Health on September 27 after case 57847 was confirmed to have a COVID-19 infection, case 57867 reported having had symptoms before and was immediately taken to a hospital for a swab, the ministry said.
He subsequently tested positive.
MINSA said the number of new 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 also remained stable at an average of less than one case per day in the past two weeks, he added.
Among the nine imported cases, one from Singapore and five cases that are permanent residents returned to Singapore from Indonesia on September 18 and from India between September 16 and 18, respectively.
Two others are work pass or permit holders currently working here who arrived from Indonesia on September 17 and from India on September 16, respectively.
The remaining case is a dependent’s pass holder who arrived from India on September 17.
All of them had been placed on the 14-day stay-at-home notice upon arrival here and were assessed while serving their notice at dedicated facilities, the Health Ministry said.
9 bedroom cases detected by surveillance tests
Among the 17 cases residing in dormitories, eight had previously been identified as previous case contacts and were evaluated during quarantine, the Health Ministry said.
The remaining nine cases were detected through surveillance tests, such as routine tests with biweekly lists of workers living in dormitories.
Of Singapore’s COVID-19 count, 54,427, or 94.3 percent, are foreign workers living in dormitories.
99% of all cases have recovered.
With 73 more patients discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities on Tuesday, 57,466 cases, or 99.5 percent of the total, have fully recovered from the infection.
Most of the 32 hospitalized cases are stable or improving, while none are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
A total of 217 patients with mild symptoms or who are clinically well but still test positive are isolated and cared for in community facilities.
In addition to 27 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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