The Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported a preliminary 897 new Covid-19 cases on Friday (24 Apr).
Following the trend, Work Permit Holders residing in dormitories form the majority of reported cases.
The breakdown is as follows:
This means that Singapore now has a total tally of 12,075 cases.
Of the new cases reported, 68% are linked to known clusters, while the rest are pending contact tracing.
MOH also identified 9 new clusters. They are:
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4 more dormitories have also been gazetted as isolation areas. They are:
A nurse – Case 11580 – has tested positive for Covid-19. However, she had not gone to work at Bukit Merah Polyclinic since the onset of symptoms on 20 Apr.
38 more cases have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. This brings the total number of recovered cases to 956.
1,229 cases still remain hospitalised, with 24 in critical condition.
The total number of deaths remain at 12, as the cause of death for Case 8190 was from a fall from height.
This good news is that this the first time in 5 days that the number of confirmed cases has fallen under a thousand.
Hopefully, trend continues and proves to be the turning point in Singapore’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
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