SINGAPORE — Singapore has confirmed 359 new cases of Covid-19, including two that are imported and one that is in the community. The remaining 356 are migrant workers living in dormitories.

In a press release on Tuesday (July 28), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said that the two imported cases are a work pass holder and a dependant's pass holder.

Dependant’s passes allow the spouses and children of employment or S-pass holders to live with them in Singapore.

The two had arrived from India on July 12 and 13 and had been placed on a 14-day stay-home notice.

They tested positive while serving their notices, MOH said.

The one case in the community is a work pass holder from India who is linked to a previous infection.

Overall, the number of new cases in the community has gone down from an average of 10 a day in the week before, to an average of four a day in the past week, MOH said.

The number of cases in the community with no known sources of infection has also gone down from an average of five a day in the week before, to an average of two a day in the past week.

“We will continue to closely monitor these numbers, as well as the cases detected through our surveillance programme,” MOH said.

No new places were added on Tuesday to a list of public places that had been visited by Covid-19 cases during their infectious period.

UPDATES ON THE REMAINING CASES

In all, the total number of infections in Singapore now stands at 51,197.

Of these, 45,893 people have fully recovered and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities, including the 201 on Tuesday.

There are still 185 patients in hospitals and most are in a stable condition or improving. No one is in a critical condition under intensive care.

Another 5,092 patients are isolated and cared for at community facilities. These are those who have mild symptoms or are clinically well but still test positive for Covid-19.

Twenty-seven people have died from complications due to Covid-19.