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SINGAPORE – Several shopping malls on Orchard Road and Geylang Serai Market were among the new places added on Saturday (August 29) to the Ministry of Health (MOH) list of places visited by Covid-19 patients while they were infectious. .
51 new coronavirus cases were also confirmed on Saturday, bringing Singapore’s total to 56,717.
Places visited by contagious people included Papilla Haircare and Best Denki in Ngee Ann City; Muji, Toys ‘R’ Us and iStudio at Paragon; Robinsons in The Heeren; and the Far East Mall.
ABC Restaurant in Far East Plaza, Swensen’s in Bugis Junction, Beauty in The Pot in Westgate, and Joo Chiat Complex were also added to the list.
Saturday’s new cases included a community case, a 39-year-old Bangladeshi man who has a work pass, the Health Ministry said. This case is currently not linked to any previous case and did not show any symptoms.
There were also three imported cases that were included in stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore.
One of them is a three-year-old Singaporean girl who returned from India. It was confirmed that she had Covid-19 on Friday.
The other two were holders of a 29-year-old student pass and a 26-year-old male work pass, both Bangladeshi who returned from Bangladesh on 17 August.
All three were confirmed to have Covid-19 on Friday.
The remaining 47 cases were dorm residents, of which 37 were already in quarantine or isolated before being detected. Ten were detected by surveillance.
The Health Ministry said all the new cases announced on Saturday were asymptomatic and were detected through proactive screening and surveillance.
Of the new cases, 98 percent were imported or linked to known cases or clusters.
The number of cases in the community has remained stable at an average of two cases per day in the last two weeks. During the same period, the number of unrelated cases has also remained stable, at an average of one per day.
The Health Ministry also said another 110 cases were discharged on Saturday, bringing the total number of people who have made a full recovery to 55,432.
A total of 70 confirmed cases remain in the hospital, while 1,173 are recovering in community facilities and none in intensive care.
Singapore has had 27 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died from other causes.
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