SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 1,461 new COVID-19 cases and five more deaths linked to the coronavirus as of noon on Monday (Nov 22).
This is the first time since Sep 25 that Singapore's daily caseload has fallen below 1,500 infections.
The fatalities were aged between 61 and 105. All of them, except for an unvaccinated case, had various underlying medical conditions. The Ministry of Health (MOH) did not specify what those medical conditions were.
Singapore's death toll from the coronavirus now stands at 667.
The overall intensive care unit (ICU) utilisation rate was 53.5 per cent, a slight rise from Sunday's figure of 52.9 per cent.
The weekly infection growth rate fell to 0.79 from Sunday's 0.81.
The figure refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before. It has stayed below 1 for 10 consecutive days.
The daily case count on Monday is down from the 1,670 infections reported on Sunday.
Among the new cases, 1,455 are locally transmitted, comprising 1,415 infections in the community and 40 cases in migrant workers' dormitories.
The remaining six are imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 11pm.
As of Monday, Singapore has reported 253,649 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
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This is the first time since Sep 25 that Singapore's daily caseload has fallen below 1,500 infections.
The fatalities were aged between 61 and 105. All of them, except for an unvaccinated case, had various underlying medical conditions. The Ministry of Health (MOH) did not specify what those medical conditions were.
Singapore's death toll from the coronavirus now stands at 667.
The overall intensive care unit (ICU) utilisation rate was 53.5 per cent, a slight rise from Sunday's figure of 52.9 per cent.
WEEKLY INFECTION GROWTH RATE
The weekly infection growth rate fell to 0.79 from Sunday's 0.81.
The figure refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before. It has stayed below 1 for 10 consecutive days.
The daily case count on Monday is down from the 1,670 infections reported on Sunday.
Among the new cases, 1,455 are locally transmitted, comprising 1,415 infections in the community and 40 cases in migrant workers' dormitories.
The remaining six are imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 11pm.
As of Monday, Singapore has reported 253,649 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
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