3,155 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore as MOH starts including milder infections in daily case count
As of Friday, Singapore has recorded 307,813 Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
Singapore reported 3,155 new Covid-19 infections as of noon on Friday (Jan 21), comprising 2,794 local infections and 361 imported ones.
The surge in the number of new cases, considering Thursday's figure was just 1,472, is due to the inclusion of the number of Protocol 2 cases in its daily updates, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
Earlier on Friday, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said during a multi-ministry task force news conference that reporting the number of Protocol 2 cases would give "a better picture of the epidemic situation in Singapore and which part of the curve we are on".
As of Friday, Singapore has recorded 307,813 Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
Case numbers have been backdated to Jan 6 when GPs started to order Protocol 2, for the purposes of calculating the total number of infections in Singapore as well as the week-on-week increase in infection numbers.
