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SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed 10 new cases of COVID-19 as of Friday (October 2) at noon, bringing Singapore’s total case count to 57,794.
Of the new cases, one is in the community, five are imported and the remaining four reside in dormitories.
The only community case (57941), which is currently unrelated, is detected as a result of the routine tests listed on workers in the construction, marine and process sectors living outside of dormitories, despite that he is asymptomatic.
In general, 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.
Among the five imported cases, one (case 57940) is from Singapore and another (case 57938) is a permanent resident of Singapore who returned to Singapore from India on September 18 and September 20. Another case (No. 57939) is that of a short-term visitor pass holder who arrived from Indonesia on 18 September. She was allowed entry to Singapore because her father is from Singapore. The remaining cases are a holder of a work permit (case 57936) currently employed in Singapore who arrived from Indonesia on September 20 and a holder of a dependent pass (case 57933) who arrived from India on September 16.
All of them had received a 14-day stay-at-home notice (SHN) upon arrival in Singapore, and were assessed while serving their SHN in specialized facilities.
Among the four cases residing in dormitories, one had previously been identified as a previous case contact and had already been quarantined to prevent further transmission. It was tested during quarantine to determine its status. The remaining three cases were detected through surveillance tests, such as routine testing with biweekly lists of workers living in dormitories.
Walking On Sunshine in Orchard Central has been added to the list of public places visited by COVID-19 cases in the community while they were infectious. It was visited on September 25 and 26 from 9.45 am to 7.45 pm.
99% of all cases have recovered.
With 22 more patients discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities on Friday, 57.534 cases, or 99.6 percent of the total, have fully recovered from the infection.
Most of the 48 hospitalized cases are stable or improving, while none are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
A total of 185 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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