Of the new local cases, 429 were detected through polymerase chain reaction tests.
Another 4,345 cases were detected through antigen rapid tests , which means the patients displayed no symptoms or their symptoms were mild.The weekly Covid-19 infection growth rate stood at 0.82, down from 0.95 the day before. The rate refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over those of the week before. A rate of more than 1 shows that the number of new weekly Covid-19 cases is increasing.
With the latest update on Thursday, Singapore has recorded a total of 1,303,294 Covid-19 cases, with 1,389 deaths.
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