SINGAPORE — Eight more confirmed cases of Covid-19 infection have emerged in Singapore, with five of these linked to the Grace Assembly of God cluster and two traced to a construction site at Seletar Aerospace Heights.

This brings the total number of cases linked to the church to seven, while the construction site has four cases.

A total of 58 people have been infected with the Covid-19 virus in Singapore.

The Ministry of Health said in a press release on Thursday (Feb 13) that to date, a total of 15 cases have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospital.

Of the 43 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving.

Seven are in critical condition in the intensive care unit; there were eight yesterday but one has been discharged from the unit.

UPDATE ON SUSPECT CASES

As of noon on Feb 13, 711 of the suspect cases have tested negative for Covid-19. Test results for the remaining 82 cases are pending.

THE CONFIRMED CASES

Case 51

• Case 51 is a 48-year-old Singaporean man who has not been to China recently. He is warded in an isolation room at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) and is linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God.

• He reported onset of symptoms on Feb 4 and sought treatment at a general practitioner (GP) clinic on Feb 5 and 10. He went to NCID on Feb 11, and test results confirmed Covid-19 infection on the afternoon of Feb 12.

• Before he was hospitalised, he went to work at Grace Assembly of God church, at both its two branches (355 Tanglin Road and 1 Bukit Batok West Avenue 4). He lives in the Bishan Street 13 area.

Case 52

• Case 52 is a 37-year-old male Bangladeshi who is a Singapore work pass holder and had no recent travel history to China. He is warded in an isolation room at NCID. He is linked to the cluster at Seletar Aerospace Heights construction site.

• He reported onset of symptoms on Feb 7. As he was identified as a close contact of two other migrant workers (Cases 42 and 47), he was transported by an ambulance to Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Feb 11. Test results confirmed he was infected on the afternoon of Feb 12.

• Before he was isolated, he had gone to work at the construction site, the same location where Cases 42 and 47 had worked. He reported that he had mostly stayed at his rental apartment along Campbell Lane in Little India since the onset of symptoms.

Case 53

• Case 53 is a 54-year-old Singaporean man with no recent travels to China and is linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God. He is warded in an isolation room at NCID. 

• He reported onset of symptoms on Feb 10, and went to NCID on Feb 12 where he was immediately isolated. Test results came back positive on the afternoon of Feb 12.

• He reported that he had mostly stayed at home on Hillview Avenue before he was admitted to NCID. He works at the National University of Singapore, but had not interacted with colleagues and students after the onset of symptoms.

Cases 54 to 58

• Cases 54 (54-year-old female Singaporean), 57 (26-year-old male Singaporean) and 58 (55-year-old male Singaporean) are linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God. All three of them did not go to China. They tested positive for the virus on the morning of Feb 13 and are warded in separate isolation rooms at NCID.

• Case 55 is a 30-year-old Singaporean man who also did not go to China. He was confirmed to be infected on the morning of Feb 13, and is warded in an isolation room at NCID. He is a family member of the 62-year-old Singaporean man and employee of DBS bank who worked at Marina Bay Financial Centre and found to be infected on Feb 12.

• Case 56 is a 30-year-old male Bangladeshi who did not travel to China. He was confirmed to have contracted the virus on the morning of Feb 13, and is warded in an isolation room at NCID. He is linked to the cluster at the Seletar Aerospace Heights construction site.

• MOH has started epidemiological investigations and contact tracing to identify individuals who had close contact with these new patients.

Case 50 (announced on Feb 12)

• MOH also gave more details on the 62-year-old DBS employee who also did not go to China.

• He reported onset of symptoms on Feb 7 and had sought treatment at two GP clinics on Feb 7, 10 and 11. He was admitted to NCID on Feb 11 and was immediately isolated. Test results came back postive for him on the morning of Feb 12.

• Apart from going to the GP clinics and going to work at Marina Bay Financial Centre (12 Marina Boulevard) before he was isolated, he had stayed at home on Mei Hwan Drive near Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1.

HOW SOME PATIENTS ARE LINKED TO CLUSTERS

• Cases 8 and 9, as well as Cases 31, 33 and 38, are linked to The Life Church and Missions Singapore (at 146B Paya Lebar Road).

• Nine patients (Cases 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 34 and 40) are linked to the cluster associated with health products shop Yong Thai Hang (24 Cavan Road off Lavender Street).

• Three people (Cases 30, 36 and 39) are linked to the private business meeting held at Grand Hyatt Singapore from Jan 20 to 22.

• Four patients (Cases 42, 47, 52 and 56) are linked to the Seletar Aerospace Heights construction site.

• Seven patients (Cases 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 57 and 58) are linked to the Grace Assembly of God church.