The ministry also confirmed an additional cluster of five cases linked to a dormitory at 6 Sungei Kadut Street 2.
Of the remaining new cases, two – including one Singaporean – are classified as cases in the community, while 452 are foreign workers living in dorms. Overall, only one per cent of the new cases are unlinked. Another 11 cases are work pass or work permit holders who are currently employed in Singapore. They arrived in Singapore from India or the Philippines between 14 and 15 July. Another two – cases 50454 and 50696 – are dependant’s pass holders who arrived from India on 12 and 14 July.
The ministry noted that the number of new cases in the community has decreased, from an average of 10 cases per day in the week before, to an average of five per day in the past week. As of 20 July, about 247,000 such workers living in dorms have either recovered, or have been tested to be free from the virus.Some 90% recovered, zero in ICUWith 171 more patients discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities on Sunday, 45,692 cases – some 89.8% of the tally – have fully recovered from the infection.
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