SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 94 new COVID-19 infections as of noon on Friday (Aug 28), including four in the community and 10 imported cases.
This brings the total number of cases in the country to 56,666.
AdvertisementAdvertisementThe four community cases are all Singaporeans or permanent residents, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its daily preliminary update.
All 10 imported cases were placed on stay-home notice or isolated upon their arrival in Singapore, it added.
The 80 remaining cases are workers residing in dormitories, with 58 of them from Sungei Tengah Lodge.
All 58 workers were among 4,500 workers placed on quarantine following the discovery of cases at Sungei Tengah Lodge, which was reported as a new COVID-19 cluster on Aug 22. About 3,000 workers at the dormitory have been tested so far.
AdvertisementAdvertisementMost of the 58 cases were found to be infected with the coronavirus after taking swab tests during quarantine to determine their status, or during rostered routine testing.
"We expect the number of cases from the dormitory to continue to be high in the coming days as we complete testing of the remaining quarantined workers," said the health ministry.
More details will be announced on Friday night, the ministry added.
[h=3]READ: No known case of COVID-19 reinfection in Singapore, says MOH[/h][h=3]READ: New COVID-19 cluster at Singapore's biggest dormitory after it was declared to be 'fully cleared' of the disease[/h]The health ministry said on Thursday it will "facilitate" COVID-19 tests for people who visited a camera shop in Excelsior Shopping Centre earlier this month, after a customer may have contracted COVID-19 from a store employee.
The customer was at SLR Revolution on Aug 17, where she "may have had contact" with the employee, who was at the shop during his infectious period, MOH said.
On Thursday, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore said Sultan Mosque in Kampong Glam will be closed on Friday for disinfection after a man who visited the mosque tested positive for COVID-19.
Contact tracing by MOH is ongoing, and the man's close contacts have been placed under quarantine.
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