On Tuesday (12 May), the Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed 884 new cases of Covid-19, 887 of them involve Work Permit holders living in dormitories. This brings out national tally to 24,671.
In their update, MOH also reported 2 additional cases of Covid-19 patients who passed away due to unrelated causes.
The 2 new patients that fall under this category include a 50-year-old Thai national and a 31-year-old Indian national. Both tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday (11 May).
The former passed away on Tuesday (12 May) at Ng Teng Feng General Hospital after having difficulties breathing on 10 May.
His reported cause of death was cerebral haemorrhage.
The latter passed away on Sunday (10 May) after complaining of chest pain in his dormitory.
His cause of death was apparently due to a blood clot.
There are now Coivd-19 patients to date who passed away due to unrelated causes.
Here’s a breakdown of the other 8 cases and their reported causes of death:
The majority of today’s cases continue to involve Workers staying in dormitories.
To be exact, 877 – representing 99.2% of today’s cases – fall under this category.
MOH has established links to 98% of these cases. Only 2% of the 877, or around 18 patients, are currently pending contact tracing.
MOH said in their report that the number of Work Permit holders who test positive is rising as the authorities are also testing those who are “well and asymptomatic.
They have also expanded the “intensive testing” to factory-converted dormitories as well.
4 community cases were also part of today’s cases.
The details of the 3 Singaporeans and PR can be found here:
3 other Work Permit holders who live outside dormitories also tested positive for the coronavirus.
MOH has also discovered 7 new clusters. These are:
In more positive news, 626 more patients have fully recovered and have been discharged.
This brings the total number of recovered cases to 3,851.
1,132 patients are still in hospital of which 20 are receiving care in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Our condolences go out to the family members and friends of the patients who passed away.
We also wish those infected with the virus a speedy recovery and hope they’ll be discharged soon.
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