COVID-19: 15 new cases in Singapore, five imported
By Massita Ahmad
SINGAPORE, Sept 19 -- Singapore, which is in phase two of reopening its economy and social activity, has preliminarily confirmed 15 new cases of COVID-19 infection in the past 24 hours, with five imported cases.
In its brief data released here, the republic’s Ministry of Health (MOH) said all the imported cases had been placed on Stay-Home Notice upon arrival in Singapore.
Meanwhile, based on its investigations so far, the ministry said there was one case in the community involving a Singaporean.
With the latest development, the total number of infections for the republic stands at 57,558.
The ministry said it was still working through the details of the cases, and further updates would be issued tonight.
In the full data released late Friday, the ministry classified 1,006 of the reported cases as imported, 2,242 as community cases and 54,295 involving dorm residents.
The MOH said 57,071 cases had fully recovered and discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.
A total of 38 confirmed cases are still in hospital but none in the intensive care unit, it said.
Meanwhile, 407 patients who have mild symptoms or clinically well but still tested positive for COVID-19 have been isolated and are being cared for at community facilities.
To date, 27 people have died from complications due to COVID-19 in the republic.
No new clusters were identified yesterday.
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