SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 3,035 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Saturday (Nov 6), as 12 more people died from complications due to the coronavirus.
The fatalities were aged between 60 and 98. All of them had various underlying medical conditions. The Ministry of Health (MOH) did not specify what these conditions were.
This brings Singapore’s total death toll to 480.
The number of new cases reported on Friday is up from the 1,767 infections reported on Friday.
The weekly infection growth rate is 0.83 as of Saturday, an increase from the 0.81 as of Friday. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.
This is the fourth consecutive day the weekly infection growth rate has remained below 1.
Of the new cases reported on Saturday, 3,030 infections are locally transmitted, comprising 2,928 in the community and 102 in migrant workers' dormitories.
There are five imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 11.40pm.
As of Saturday, Singapore has reported 215,780 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
A total of 1,666 cases are currently warded in hospital, with 299 patients requiring oxygen supplementation in general wards.
Another 65 cases are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), while 74 are critically ill and intubated. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 72.8 per cent.
A total of 3,871 cases were discharged over the past day, of whom 550 were seniors aged above 60.
Of the 91,476 cases over the last 28 days, 98.7 per cent had mild symptoms or were asymptomatic, while 0.8 per cent required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.3 per cent were in the ICU and 0.2 per cent died.
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The fatalities were aged between 60 and 98. All of them had various underlying medical conditions. The Ministry of Health (MOH) did not specify what these conditions were.
This brings Singapore’s total death toll to 480.
The number of new cases reported on Friday is up from the 1,767 infections reported on Friday.
The weekly infection growth rate is 0.83 as of Saturday, an increase from the 0.81 as of Friday. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.
This is the fourth consecutive day the weekly infection growth rate has remained below 1.
Of the new cases reported on Saturday, 3,030 infections are locally transmitted, comprising 2,928 in the community and 102 in migrant workers' dormitories.
There are five imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 11.40pm.
As of Saturday, Singapore has reported 215,780 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
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A total of 1,666 cases are currently warded in hospital, with 299 patients requiring oxygen supplementation in general wards.
Another 65 cases are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), while 74 are critically ill and intubated. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 72.8 per cent.
A total of 3,871 cases were discharged over the past day, of whom 550 were seniors aged above 60.
Of the 91,476 cases over the last 28 days, 98.7 per cent had mild symptoms or were asymptomatic, while 0.8 per cent required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.3 per cent were in the ICU and 0.2 per cent died.
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