Singapore confirms 15 new cases, 1 in the community



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SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MINSA) confirmed 15 new cases of COVID-19 in Singapore as of noon on Saturday (September 19), bringing the country’s total to 57.558.

“Based on our investigations so far, there is one case in the community, which is from Singapore,” the ministry said.

“There are five imported cases, which were placed on the stay-at-home notice upon arrival in Singapore.”

The ministry said they will provide more details in an evening press release.

99% of all cases have recovered.

With 32 more patients discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities on Friday, 57,071 cases, or 99.2 percent of the total, have fully recovered from the infection.

Most of the 38 hospitalized cases are stable or improving, while none are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

A total of 407 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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