SINGAPORE — Singapore reported seven new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday (Oct 18), of which five were imported.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) said two cases were locally transmitted: One was in the community and the other stayed in a dormitory.

The sole community case is a technician who had not gone to work after onset of symptoms. His serological test result has come back positive, which indicates likely past infection, MOH said.

Of the five imported cases, four are currently employed in Singapore. Of these, two are work permit holders who arrived from the Philippines and another two are work pass holders who arrived from Greece and France.

The remaining case is a student’s pass holder who arrived from Guatemala.

All had all been placed on stay-home notice upon arrival in Singapore.

The health ministry said that five of the seven new patients are asymptomatic.

It added that overall, the number of new as well as unlinked cases in the community has remained stable at an average of fewer than one case per day in the past two weeks.

Of the new cases, five are imported or linked to known cases or clusters, while the rest are pending contact tracing.

Singapore's total number of infections now stands at 57,911.

Nine more patients have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities, bringing the total who have fully recovered to 57,807.

There are currently 40 patients who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and none is in the intensive care unit. Another 36 who have mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for Covid-19, are isolated at community facilities.

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