334 new Covid-19 infections in Singapore, including 4 imported cases and 3 in the community

SINGAPORE — Singapore has confirmed 334 new cases of Covid-19, including four that are imported and three that are in the community. The remaining 327 are migrant workers staying in dormitories.

In a press release on Wednesday (July 29), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said that the four imported cases include one Singaporean, one work pass holder and two student’s pass holders aged 10 and 18.

They had arrived from India, the Philippines and Indonesia between July 14 and July 17 and had been placed on 14-day stay-home notices at dedicated facilities.

They tested positive while serving their notices, MOH said.

The three cases in the community include two Singaporeans and a work pass holder. They are all linked to past cases or clusters, MOH said.

Overall, the number of new cases in the community has gone down from an average of nine 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.

For the second day in a row, no new locations were added to a list of public places that had been visited by Covid-19 cases during their infectious period.

24 MORE CLUSTERS CLOSED

Separately, MOH said that the inter-agency task force handling the infection controls at foreign worker dormitories has been “systematically and progressively clearing dormitories through aggressive testing of migrant workers residing in dormitories”.

As such, 24 dormitories have been cleared and now house only recovered individuals and those who have recently tested negative for Covid-19 infection.

The closed clusters are:

• 60 Benoi Road

• 9 Gul Street 1

• 15 Kaki Bukit Road 4

• 23 Kaki Bukit Road 6

• 44 Kaki Bukit Industrial Terrace

• 96 Kaki Bukit Industrial Terrace

• 98 Kaki Bukit Industrial Terrace

• 35 Kaki Bukit Place

• 2 Perumal Road

• 36 Senoko Road

• 13 Senoko Way

• 23H Sungei Kadut Street 1

• 1 Sungei Kadut Street

• 204 Tagore Lane

• 214 Tagore Lane

• 9 Tech Park Crescent

• 19A Tech Park Crescent

• 44 Toh Guan Road East

• 1 Tuas Avenue 10

• 6 Tuas Basin Link

• 59H Tuas South Avenue 1

• 63 Tuas South Avenue 1

• Pesko Engineering Pte Ltd (2 Joo Koon Road)

• Proptech Pte Ltd (38 Senoko Road)

UPDATES ON THE REMAINING CASES

In all, the total number of infections in Singapore now stands at 51,531.

Of these, 46,098 people have fully recovered and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities, including the 205 on Wednesday.

There are still 184 patients in hospitals and most are in a stable condition or improving. No one is in a critical condition under intensive care.

Another 5,222 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.