SINGAPORE: Two more cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Singapore, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 108.
One of these is linked to the cluster at Wizlearn Technologies, while the other is linked to a previous case, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in a media release on Monday (Mar 2).
AdvertisementAdvertisementFour more patients have also been discharged, MOH said, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 78.
NEW CASES
Case 107
Case 107 is a 68 year-old female Singapore citizen who has no recent travel history to China, Daegu and Cheongdo but was in Jakarta, Indonesia from Feb 11 to Feb 14. She is currently warded in an isolation room at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID). She is linked to Case 94.
AdvertisementAdvertisementShe reported onset of symptoms on Feb 16 and sought treatment at two general practitioner (GP) clinics on Feb 20, Feb 23 and Feb 25. She presented at Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Feb 27 and was immediately isolated. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on Mar 1 afternoon.
Prior to hospital admission, she had mostly stayed at her home at Bishan Street 13.
Case 108
Case 108 is a 34 year-old female Filipino national who is a Singapore work pass holder, and has no recent travel history to China, Daegu and Cheongdo. She is a foreign domestic worker employed by Case 101, and works in the same household as Case 102.
She was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on Mar 2 morning and is currently warded in an isolation room at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.
UPDATES ON PREVIOUS CASES
Case 106 is a 54 year-old male Japanese national who is a Singapore work pass holder, and has no recent travel history to China, Daegu and Cheongdo, or to Japan. He is currently warded in an isolation room at Changi General Hospital (CGH). He is linked to the cluster at Wizlearn Technologies.
He reported onset of symptoms on Feb 23 and had sought treatment at a GP clinic on Feb 24, Feb 26 and Feb 28. He presented at CGH on Feb 29, and was immediately isolated.
[h=3]Explore our interactive: All the COVID-19 cases in Singapore and the clusters and links between them[/h]Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Monday said in Parliament that a Singaporean who was infected with COVID-19 in Hubei had been discharged.
More than 2,000 Singaporeans in mainland China have electronically registered themselves with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) since the outbreak of COVID-19.
The central Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei province is believed to be where the current coronavirus outbreak - which has infected more than 88,000 people worldwide as of Monday - originated.
The global death toll from the coronavirus epidemic passed 3,000 on Monday with more than 60 countries affected.
South Korea has the most infections outside China with nearly 500 new cases on Monday, bringing its total past 4,000.
Indonesia on Monday also confirmed its first two cases of COVID-19. The patients had made contact with a Japanese person who visited the country and later tested positive in Malaysia.
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