SINGAPORE — Singapore on Saturday (July 17) recorded 60 new locally transmitted cases of Covid-19, 29 of which have been traced to the growing cluster at karaoke lounges and clubs.

There are now 148 cases linked to the KTV cluster, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its update on the coronavirus situation here late on Saturday night. 

There are now five Covid-19 patients who require supplemental oxygen and one in critical condition under intensive care, it added. None among these six cases were fully vaccinated.

Two of Saturday’s locally transmitted cases have not been linked to previous infections.

Of the 58 linked cases, 33 were detected while in quarantine and 25 through surveillance testing.

The 60 locally transmitted cases were among a total of 68 new Covid-19 cases preliminarily confirmed on Saturday.

The remaining eight were imported and had been placed on stay-home notices or isolated on arrival in Singapore.

Of the imported cases, one was detected on arrival and seven developed the disease while in isolation or while serving a stay-home notice.

The total number of coronavirus infections in Singapore is now 62,981.

Overall, the number of new cases in the community has surged from 17 in the week before to 239 in the past week.

The number of community cases with no known sources of infection has also increased from eight in the week before to 22 in the past week.

The seven-day moving average number of all linked community cases and all unlinked community cases are 31.0 and 3.1 respectively.

Three new clusters have emerged, MOH also said. 

One is linked to freight forwarding firm PSC Express, while the other two are linked to case 64,782 and case 64,850, though details of the cases were not made known.

MOH is also investigating infected persons who work in or visited Chong Boon Market and Food Centre in Ang Mo Kio, adding that fishmongers from 11 markets and food centres have also tested positive for Covid-19. 

It has detected likely ongoing transmission of Covid-19 at six more KTV clubs as well.

In total, there are 29 active clusters, with between three and 148 cases each.

There are 196 Covid-19 patients in hospital. Most are well and under observation. 

Over the last 28 days, 14 patients needed oxygen support, were put under intensive care or died. Ten were  notvaccinated, four were partially vaccinated and none were fully vaccinated.

As of July 16, about 6.65 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered under the national vaccination programme, covering 4.12 million people.

Around 2.61 million people have completed the full vaccination regimen, consisting of 77,024 recovered persons who had received at least one dose and 2.53 million who had their second shot.