SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 752 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Thursday (May 14), taking the country's total to 26,098.
The vast majority of the cases are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its preliminary daily update.
AdvertisementAdvertisementTwo cases are Singaporeans or permanent residents.
More details and updates will be announced later in the day, MOH added.
AdvertisementAdvertisement[h=3]READ: COVID-19: Singapore records more discharged cases than new patients in a day[/h]PUBLIC SHOULD NOT BE OVERLY ALARMED BY HIGH NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES: MANPOWER MINISTER
Earlier in the day, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo urged the public not to be "overly alarmed" even as the number of COVID-19 cases in Singapore remained elevated.
Mrs Teo explained that the large number of reported cases among migrant workers reflected the current approach of “aggressive testing”.
“Few countries have tested their migrant populations extensively; far fewer have undertaken to test all their migrant workers, as Singapore has," she said.
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