By Massita Ahmad
SINGAPORE, March 21 (Bernama) – Singapore, which had early today reported the first two fatalities related to COVID-19, has confirmed another 47 new cases, bringing the total to 432.
In a statement here, the republic’s Ministry of Health (MOH) said of the 47 new cases, 39 were imported and eight were local cases.
MOH said the 39 imported cases had travel history to Australia, Europe, North America, ASEAN and other parts of Asia with 33 being returning residents and long-term pass holders while six were short-term visitors.
To date, MOH said, nine more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospital, thus, in all, 140 have fully recovered.
Of the 290 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving while 14 are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
As at noon, MOH has identified 7,544 close contacts who have been quarantined.
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