COVID-19: Singapore confirms new daily high of 1,164 recoveries; 752 more cases

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UPDATE: COVID-19: Singapore confirms new daily high of 1,164 recoveries; some 5.9k patients discharged from hospital in total

The city-state now has a total of 26,098 cases, of which 23,758 – or 91 per cent – are foreign workers living in dormitories.Of the 752 new cases, 750 are foreign workers living in dorms, said the ministry, while one is a 76-year-old Singaporean man linked to a cluster at 63 Senoko Drive and while the other is a 43-year-old male permanent resident linked to a cluster at TTJ Design & Engineering.

The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased from an average of three cases per day in the week before, to an average of two per day in the past week, it added. The three are among the 25 dorms that have been gazetted as isolation areas. Some 400,000 foreign workers live in dorms here in Singapore.

A total of 19,032 patients who have mild symptoms or are clinically well but still test positive for the virus are isolated and cared for at community facilities.

 

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