8 elderly Singaporeans die of Covid-19 complications; death toll reaches 93

SINGAPORE — Eight more seniors, all Singaporeans, have died from complications due to Covid-19, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday (Sept 29) night.

Of the eight, five were men and the remaining three were women.

They were aged between 72 and 90, MOH said in its daily update on the coronavirus situation here.

Six of them had not been vaccinated against Covid-19, one was partially vaccinated and the other was fully vaccinated, it added.

“All of them had various underlying medical conditions,” MOH said, without indicating when the eight were infected or died.

In total, 93 people have died from complications due to the disease, including 38 this month.

On Wednesday, the ministry confirmed a record 2,268 new cases of Covid-19, of which 1,810 were community cases. The other 448 were migrant worker dormitory residents and 10 were imported.

Singapore has logged a total of 94,043 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic last year.