SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 766 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths linked to the coronavirus on Friday (Dec 3).
The daily caseload fell below 1,000 for the first time since Nov 28.
The fatalities were aged between 67 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 death toll from the coronavirus to 744.
The overall intensive care unit (ICU) utilisation rate is 57.3 per cent, up from 56.4 per cent on Thursday.
The weekly infection growth rate rose slightly to 0.71 from Thursday's 0.70. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.
The growth rate has remained below 1 for three weeks. A figure below 1 means that the number of new weekly COVID-19 cases is falling.
The daily case count on Friday is down from the 1,101 infections reported on Thursday.
Among the new cases, 749 are locally transmitted, comprising 738 infections in the community and 11 cases in migrant workers' dormitories.
The remaining 17 are imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 10.05pm.
As of Friday, Singapore has reported 267,916 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
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The daily caseload fell below 1,000 for the first time since Nov 28.
The fatalities were aged between 67 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 death toll from the coronavirus to 744.
The overall intensive care unit (ICU) utilisation rate is 57.3 per cent, up from 56.4 per cent on Thursday.
WEEKLY INFECTION GROWTH RATE
The weekly infection growth rate rose slightly to 0.71 from Thursday's 0.70. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.
The growth rate has remained below 1 for three weeks. A figure below 1 means that the number of new weekly COVID-19 cases is falling.
The daily case count on Friday is down from the 1,101 infections reported on Thursday.
Among the new cases, 749 are locally transmitted, comprising 738 infections in the community and 11 cases in migrant workers' dormitories.
The remaining 17 are imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 10.05pm.
As of Friday, Singapore has reported 267,916 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
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