Covid-19: 233 more cases in Singapore, seven new clusters emerge | Malay Mail

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SINGAPORE, April 13 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed 233 new cases of Covid-19 infection in Singapore as of 12pm yesterday, the second time in a week that the 200 mark was crossed. In a news release, MOH said out of the 233 new cases, 51 are linked to known clusters and 15 are linked to...

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Thirty additional cases were found to be linked to the S11 Dormitory, which now has a total of 365 confirmed cases. A total of 167 cases are pending contact tracing. Of these, 16 are Singapore citizens or permanent residents, 10 are work pass or long-term pass holders and 141 are work permit holders mostly residing in dormitories, work sites or other living quarters.Yesterday’s figure was the second highest single-day spike after the 287 reported on Thursday.

“The number of work permit and dormitory-related cases has also increased sharply, and this is likely to continue going up, especially as we undertake more aggressive testing at the dormitories,” the ministry added.

 

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