Singapore Reports 528 New Coronavirus Cases, Majority of Them Linked to Foreign Workers
Singapore on Tuesday reported 528 new coronavirus cases, a majority of them linked to foreign workers,including Indians, residing in dormitories that have emerged as hotspots for the transmission of the disease in the country.
Singapore, Apr 28 (PTI) Singapore on Tuesday reported 528 new coronavirus cases, a majority of them linked to foreign workers,including Indians, residing in dormitories that have emerged as hotspots for the transmission of the disease in the country.
The vast majority of the new cases are work permit holders, including Indian nationals, residing in foreign worker dormitories, the Health Ministry said.
A total of 511 new cases were foreign workers living in dormitories, while seven foreign workers living outside dormitories caught the coronavirus, said the ministry.
Migrant workers, including Indian nationals, living in dormitories continue to be the vast majority of the 528 new cases which took the total number of infections to 14,951.
A total of 12,183 of the 323,000 migrant workers living in dormitories - about 3.77 per cent - have tested positive, putting the spotlight on their living conditions.
Twenty-one of the 1,889 confirmed cases in hospitals are in critical condition in the intensive care unit. Most of the rest are stable.
Thirty-three more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 1,128 have fully recovered from the infection.
A total of 11,920 cases are isolated and cared for at community facilities. These are those who have mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19, Channel News Asia reported.
Fourteen people have died to date from complications due to COVID-19.
On Monday, the Health Ministry had said that it picked up many more cases in dormitories because of extensive testing. Most of these patients have a mild illness and are being monitored in community isolation facilities or the general wards of hospitals. The ministry said the number of new cases in the community has decreased to an average of 20 per day in the past week from an average of 29 cases per day two weeks ago, while the number of unlinked cases in the community has also fallen to an average of 13 per day in the past week from an average of 19 cases per day two weeks ago.
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