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682 New Covid-19 Cases On 17 May, Less Than 5 S’poreans/PRs For More Than 1 Week

682 New Covid-19 Cases On 17 May, 4 Are Singaporeans or PRs

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has “preliminarily confirmed” 682 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday (17 May).

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 28,038.

The majority of cases continue to involve Work Permit holders living in dormitories.

4 Singaporeans and Permanent Residents (PRs) are also part of today’s cases, accounting for just ~0.6%.

This is the 8th day that Singapore has reported less than 5 cases involving Singaporeans and PRs.

The nation last reported more than 5 of such cases on 9th May, when there were 9 cases from these 2 demographics.

MOH will be releasing more information regarding today’s cases later tonight.

Featured image adapted from Flickr

 
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