Singapore Covid-19 Update: 690 new cases Today! Majority are from foreign worker dormitories! SINGAPORE taking the total cases count to 15,641.
As of 29 April 2020, 12pm, MOH have preliminarily confirmed an additional 690 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore, the vast majority of whom are Work Permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories. Six cases are Singaporeans/ Permanent Residents.
As of 29 April 2020, 12pm, MOH have confirmed and verified an additional 690 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore. The breakdown is as follows:
a) Imported cases: 0
b) Cases in the community: 11 (6 Singaporeans/Permanent Residents, 5 Work Passes)
c) Work Permit holders (residing outside dormitories): 19
d) Work Permit holders (residing in dormitories): 660
Of the new cases, 63% are linked to known clusters, while the rest are pending contact tracing.
62 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 1,188 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities.
There are currently 1,714 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and 22 are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
On Tuesday, the ministry reported 528 new cases, the lowest daily increase in new cases in Singapore in nearly two weeks since April 15, which had 447 new cases.
Of the new cases on Tuesday, 511 are foreign workers living in dormitories.
A total of 12,694 of the 323,000 migrant workers living in dormitories – 3.9 per cent – have tested positive for the coronavirus.