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SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MINSA) confirmed 15 new cases in Singapore as of Thursday (September 24), bringing the country’s total to 57,654.
The Health Ministry also announced the closure of a group in a dormitory at 15 Kaki Bukit Crescent, as no cases have been linked to it during the last two incubation periods, or 28 days.
All but two of the new cases are asymptomatic and proactively detected.
There are no cases in the community, while there are five imported cases, including one from Singapore.
The remaining 10 cases are foreign workers residing in dormitories, of whom half had previously been identified as contacts from previous cases and had already been quarantined, the Health Ministry said.
Overall, 27% of new cases have no established links.
The ministry said the number of new cases in the community has remained stable at an average of less than one case per day in the past two weeks. Similarly, the number of unrelated cases in the community has remained stable at an average of less than one case per day in the past two weeks, he added.
Four of the five imported cases arrived from India, including a permanent Singaporean resident who returned to Singapore on September 12 and 19.
The other two cases, which arrived from India on September 12, are a work pass holder, currently working here, and a dependent pass holder.
The fifth imported case is a long-term visit pass holder that arrived from Indonesia on September 22.
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.
Half of bedroom cases detected by surveillance tests
Among the 10 cases residing in dormitories, five had previously been identified as previous case contacts and were tested during quarantine to determine their status, the Health Ministry said.
The remaining five cases were detected through surveillance tests, such as the routine tests listed every two weeks of workers living in dormitories.
As of last Friday, some 5,700 workers who must undergo the listed routine tests have yet to do so, said the Ministry of Manpower, the Economic Development Board, the Building and Construction Authority and the Promotion Board of the Health in a joint return the same day. .
Of Singapore’s COVID-19 count, 54,370, or 94.3 percent, are foreign workers living in dormitories.
99% of all cases have recovered.
With 42 more patients discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities on Thursday, 57,333 cases, or 99.4 percent of the total, have fully recovered from the infection.
Most of the 28 hospitalized cases are stable or improving, while none are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
A total of 266 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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