Singapore’s Covid-19 patient numbers crossed the 2,000 threshold just 3 days ago on Good Friday (10 Apr). On Monday (13 Apr), the Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed 386 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, bringing us one step closer to the next milestone of 3,000 patients.
Most new cases are local transmissions, with 0 imported cases out of 568 in total as per MOH’s website.
Here’s a breakdown of Covid-19 patient numbers over the past 6 days alone:
Wed (8 Apr) – 142 new cases, 7th death
Thu (9 Apr) – 287 new cases
Fri (10 Apr) – 198 new cases, crossed 2,000 threshold
Sat (11 Apr) – 191 new cases, 8th death
Sun (12 Apr) – 233 new cases
Mon (13 Apr) – 386 new cases, 9th death
A 9th patient, Case 1836, has also passed away from Covid-19 complications. The 65 year-old male Singaporean had been battling the virus since 9 Apr. We extend our sincere condolences to his family.
MOH also revealed 297 of these new cases were residing in workers’ dorms, with 168 unlinked cases. Here’s the detailed breakdown.
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Over the past week, MOH has established links for 316 previously unlinked cases and identified 4 new clusters:
The DORSCON level alert remains unchanged at Orange.
222 new cases have been linked to S11 Dormitory @ Punggol’s cluster located at 2 Seletar North Link. This brings the total for the largest workers’ dorm cluster to date to 586 confirmed cases.
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Of the cases confirmed over the weekend, at least 92 were from various workers’ dormitories across Singapore, in the following order:
Even as testing is ongoing at workers’ dormitories across the island, a spike in cases is expected as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong explained that they probably happened before the ‘Circuit Breaker’ was implemented.
The Ministry of Manpower is also stepping up health checks at workers’ dorms, and working with stakeholders to house them in floating cabins & provide timely medical assistance while they wait for new dorms to be built.
Majority of the cases declared today have links to existing clusters or previous cases, out of 386 cases confirmed on Monday (13 Apr).
You can read the full details of the cases in the MOH document here.
Thankfully, at least 586 patients have been discharged from hospital and made a full recovery. We hope this number continues to grow as ‘Circuit Breaker’ measures finally bear fruit.
Singapore had recorded her 8th Covid-19 death on Saturday (11 Apr), a 90-year-old male Singaporean who passed away from complications due to the infection.
As day 7 of our ‘Circuit Breaker’ measures come to a close, we should brace ourselves for the effects of safe distancing to show.
We must also prepare for the possibility of crossing the 3,000 case threshold in a matter of days.
However, with proper compliance to stay home orders and a little more patience, we’ll be able to minimise our losses in this ongoing health crisis.
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