COVID-19: 47 new cases in Singapore asymptomatic; additional S11 dorm cluster

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UPDATE: Summary of COVID-19 cases on 8 Sept in Singapore

SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health confirmed 47 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore as of Tuesday afternoon, bringing the country’s total to 57,091.

The remaining 46 cases are foreign workers living in dormitories, of which 25 had been identified earlier as contacts of previous cases, and had already been quarantined. https://t.co/6AB130fue0 pic.twitter.com/TBvnRMm9Nu Similarly, the number of unlinked cases in the community has increased, from an average of one case per day in the week before, to an average of two per day in the past week.

“The serological test results for four cases have come back positive so far, which indicate likely past infections,” the ministry added. Some 99% of total cases have recoveredWith 53 more patients discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities on Tuesday, 56,461 cases – or 98.9% of the total – have fully recovered from the infection.

 

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