Singapore reports 4,297 new Covid-19 cases, 1 death
As of Thursday, Singapore has recorded 366,473 Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
SINGAPORE — Singapore reported 4,297 new Covid-19 cases as of noon on Thursday (Feb 3), comprising 4,087 local and 210 imported infections.
There was one fatality, according to the latest infection statistics on the Ministry of Health (MOH) website. This takes the death toll from coronavirus complications to 860.
The weekly infection growth rate is 1.23, down from Wednesday's 1.41.
Under MOH's new approach of presenting infection numbers, the daily case count includes the number of Protocol 2 cases — those who are well or assessed to have a mild condition.
Among the cases reported on Thursday, 2,742 are Protocol 2 infections, comprising 12 imported cases and 2,730 local ones.
There are 932 patients in hospital, with 78 requiring oxygen supplementation. Sixteen patients are in the intensive care unit.
