Singapore reports 11,504 new Covid-19 cases, highest daily number of infections in more than 3 months

Singapore reported 11,504 new Covid-19 cases as of noon on Tuesday (June 28), comprising 10,732 local infections and 772 imported cases.

There was one fatality, taking the death toll from coronavirus complications to 1,410.

Cases tend to increase on Tuesdays, with Health Minister Ong Ye Kung previously referring to such a pattern, writing on Facebook in October 2021 that numbers would "always spike after the weekends".

A total of 437 patients are in hospital, according to the latest infection statistics on the Ministry of Health's (MOH) website. Thirty-six patients require oxygen supplementation.

Nine patients are in the intensive care unit.

Among the local cases reported on Tuesday, 9,989 cases are tested using antigen rapid tests (ARTs) and have been assessed by a doctor to have mild symptoms and are of low risk, said MOH.