COVID-19: Singapore confirms 799 new cases and 2 more deaths, crosses 14,000 mark

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UPDATE: Singapore confirms 7 more clusters

This brings the death toll here to 14, and the total number of cases to 14,423 – the highest recorded in Southeast Asia. The 13th and 14th fatalities are both Singaporean men aged 82 and 81, respectively, who succumbed to COVID-19 complications on Sunday.Of the new cases, 764, about 96 per cent, of the new cases are foreign workers living in dormitories.

The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased, from an average of 19 cases per day in the week before, to an average of 13 per day in the past week, it added. The seven additional clusters are Acacia Home at 30 Admiralty Street, Hai Leck Engineering at 12 Tuas Drive 1, Lingjack Dormitory at 1 Woodlands Terrace, 9 Gul Street 1, 3 Senoko Link, 44 Toh Guan Road East, and 2 Woodlands Industrial Park E1.

— Yahoo Singapore April 27, 2020 35 more patients dischargedThe ministry said on Monday that 35 more patients have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 1,095 have fully recovered from the infection. Of the latest two fatalities, the 82-year-old Singaporean man, identified as case 1595, tested positive for the virus on 8 April. He was listed as an unlinked case in the MOH daily report on 8 April. The 81-year-old Singaporean man, identified as case 9682, tested positive for the virus on 20 April.

 

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