Over half of 94 new COVID-19 cases from Sungei Tengah Lodge; Bkt Panjang Transport Hub cluster closed

SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health confirmed 94 more COVID-19 cases as of Friday , bringing Singapore’s total to 56,666.

Overall, 70 workers had been identified earlier as contacts of previous cases and were tested during quarantine to determine their status, while the remaining ten picked up through the rostered routine testing. The serological test results for eight cases have come back positive, which indicate likely past infections, the ministry said.

Epidemiological investigations of the case are in progress, it said. All the identified close contacts of the case have been isolated and placed on quarantine, and will be tested at the start and end of their quarantine period.

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