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257 new Covid-19 infections in Singapore, including 8 in the community and 5 imported cases

SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health on Sunday (July 19) reported 257 new cases of Covid-19, including eight in the community and five imported cases.

SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health on Sunday (July 19) reported 257 new cases of Covid-19, including eight in the community and five imported cases.

The total number of infections here now stands at 47,912.

Among the five imported cases, two are Singaporeans who returned from India and Azerbaijan, and one is a permanent resident who came back from India.

The other two cases are a dependant’s pass holder who returned from India and a work permit holder who arrived from the Philippines.

All of them had been placed on a 14-day stay-home notice upon entering Singapore, and had been tested while serving their quarantine.

Of the eight cases in the community, five are currently unlinked and asymptomatic. Of these five, three work in essential services while the other two are in the frontline of Covid-19 operations.

The other 244 cases are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories.

MOH said that overall, the number of new cases in the community has decreased, from an average of 16 per day in the week before, to 10 per day in the past week.

The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased, from an average of eight per day in the week before, to six per day in the past week.

MOH's Sunday report also stated that 253 patients have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities, bringing the total of recovered cases to 44,086.

A total of 181 confirmed cases are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and none is in the intensive care unit, MOH said.

Another 3,618 who have mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for Covid-19, are isolated at community facilities.

Twenty-seven have died from complications due to Covid-19 infection.

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