8 new Covid-19 clusters, including one linked to Changi General Hospital

• There were eight new Covid-19 clusters reported on Aug 3, six of which are linked to different individuals
• Two other clusters were linked to Changi General Hospital and Kian Hiap Construction
• The Ministry of Health said that there are 37 patients who require oxygen support to help them breathe, with seven more in critical condition
• Most of these cases are not fully vaccinated
• In all, there were 102 new locally transmitted cases confirmed on Aug 3, including 31 that were unlinked 

SINGAPORE — Singapore on Tuesday (Aug 3) reported eight new Covid-19 clusters, six of which were linked to different individuals.

The remaining two clusters were linked to Changi General Hospital (CGH) and Kian Hiap Construction located at Defu Lane 1. A previous cluster at CGH was just closed last Saturday. 

In total, there are now 100 active Covid-19 clusters here, ecah having between three and 1,097 cases.

One cluster linked to an individual was closed after no more cases were traced to it in the last 28 days.

In its nightly update on the coronavirus situation in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said that there are 37 patients who require oxygen support to help them breathe, one more from the day before.

In addition, there are seven patients who are in critical condition, the same number as on Monday.

“Six among these 44 cases are fully vaccinated. Of these, four require oxygen supplementation while two require intensive care as they have underlying medical conditions,” it said.

“Thirty-one seniors above 60 years old, of whom 27 are completely unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, have fallen very ill.”

Over the last 28 days, 66 local cases required oxygen supplementation, were admitted to intensive care units or died.

“Thirty-seven were unvaccinated, 21 were partially vaccinated and six were fully vaccinated,” the ministry said.

There are 592 Covid-19 patients who are in hospital as of Tuesday, down from 602 the day before.

CONFIRMED CASES

Earlier on Tuesday, MOH said that there were 98 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, including 31 that were not linked to earlier detected infections.

This was the lowest number of locally transmitted cases since July 18, when 88 cases were reported.

Of the 98 cases, 46 were linked to previous infections and had already been placed under quarantine.

Another 21, also linked to previous cases, were detected through surveillance testing.

Among the new cases were seven seniors aged above 70 who were not vaccinated or partially vaccinated and at risk of serious illness.

Besides the locally transmitted cases, there were four imported cases, making a total of 102 new cases confirmed on Tuesday.

The imported cases had been isolated on arrival in Singapore. Three were detected upon arrival and the remaining one developed the disease during stay-home notice or in isolation.

Twenty-two of the new cases on Tuesday have been linked to the Jurong Fishery Port, bringing the tally there to 1,097.

Overall, the number of new cases in the community has gone down from 967 in the week before to 799 in the past week.

“We are likely to continue to see a high number of cases in the coming days as we step up efforts to detect them to contain their spread in the community,” MOH stressed.

The number of cases with no known links in the community has, however, increased from 173 in the week before to 254 in the past week.

The seven-day moving average number of all linked community cases and all unlinked community cases are 77.9 and 36.3 respectively.

The total number of Covid-19 cases in Singapore is now 65,315.

VACCINATIONS

As of Monday, MOH said that 63 per cent of the population had completed their full regimen or received two doses of Covid-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme, while 77 per cent had received at least one dose.

In addition, 108,815 doses of Sinovac vaccines had been administered as of Monday, covering 75,856 people.