SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 1,103 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths linked to the coronavirus as of noon on Monday (Nov 29).
The fatalities were aged between 58 and 91. All of them, except for an unvaccinated case , had various underlying medical conditions. The Ministry of Health (MOH) did not specify what these conditions were.
This brings Singapore's death toll from the coronavirus to 710.
The overall intensive care unit (ICU) utilisation rate on Monday is 51.2 per cent, down from 57.4 per cent on Sunday.
The weekly infection growth rate stayed the same from Sunday's rate of 0.69. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.
The growth rate has remained below 1 for 17 consecutive days. A figure below 1 means that the number of new weekly COVID-19 cases is falling.
The daily case count on Monday was up from the 747 infections reported on Sunday.
Among the new cases, 1,095 were locally transmitted, comprising 1,070 infections in the community and 25 cases in migrant workers' dormitories.
The remaining eight were imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 11.45pm.
As of Monday, Singapore has reported 263,486 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
A COVID-19 case was detected at the Causeway on the first day of the Singapore-Malaysia land vaccinated travel lane (VTL) on Monday.
Malaysia's Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the infection was detected through an on-arrival antigen rapid test conducted at the entry point.
The Johor Bahru District Health Office is doing a risk assessment on those who travelled on the same bus as the positive case, to decide if the passengers need to be quarantined or subject to other restrictions, said Mr Khairy.
“Although there is one (positive) case, I do not consider it as something which can derail the VTL. Instead, it should be an example of how pre-departure and on-arrival testing and the like are necessary preventive measures," he added.
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The fatalities were aged between 58 and 91. All of them, except for an unvaccinated case , had various underlying medical conditions. The Ministry of Health (MOH) did not specify what these conditions were.
This brings Singapore's death toll from the coronavirus to 710.
The overall intensive care unit (ICU) utilisation rate on Monday is 51.2 per cent, down from 57.4 per cent on Sunday.
WEEKLY INFECTION GROWTH RATE
The weekly infection growth rate stayed the same from Sunday's rate of 0.69. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.
The growth rate has remained below 1 for 17 consecutive days. A figure below 1 means that the number of new weekly COVID-19 cases is falling.
The daily case count on Monday was up from the 747 infections reported on Sunday.
Among the new cases, 1,095 were locally transmitted, comprising 1,070 infections in the community and 25 cases in migrant workers' dormitories.
The remaining eight were imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 11.45pm.
As of Monday, Singapore has reported 263,486 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
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CASE DETECTED ON FIRST DAY OF SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA VTL
A COVID-19 case was detected at the Causeway on the first day of the Singapore-Malaysia land vaccinated travel lane (VTL) on Monday.
Malaysia's Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the infection was detected through an on-arrival antigen rapid test conducted at the entry point.
The Johor Bahru District Health Office is doing a risk assessment on those who travelled on the same bus as the positive case, to decide if the passengers need to be quarantined or subject to other restrictions, said Mr Khairy.
“Although there is one (positive) case, I do not consider it as something which can derail the VTL. Instead, it should be an example of how pre-departure and on-arrival testing and the like are necessary preventive measures," he added.
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