{"id":7071,"date":"2020-05-08T15:16:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T07:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/?p=7071"},"modified":"2020-05-08T15:20:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T07:20:32","slug":"singapore-covid-19-768-new-cases-in-singapore-today-taking-total-to-21707","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/7071\/singapore-covid-19-768-new-cases-in-singapore-today-taking-total-to-21707\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Covid-19: +768 new cases in Singapore Today, taking total to 21,707!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7073\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FB-SG-Coronavirus-NEW-NEW-8th-May-2020-Covid-19-Update-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FB-SG-Coronavirus-NEW-NEW-8th-May-2020-Covid-19-Update-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FB-SG-Coronavirus-NEW-NEW-8th-May-2020-Covid-19-Update-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FB-SG-Coronavirus-NEW-NEW-8th-May-2020-Covid-19-Update-1-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FB-SG-Coronavirus-NEW-NEW-8th-May-2020-Covid-19-Update-1-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FB-SG-Coronavirus-NEW-NEW-8th-May-2020-Covid-19-Update-1-1170x614.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FB-SG-Coronavirus-NEW-NEW-8th-May-2020-Covid-19-Update-1-585x307.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>SINGAPORE &#8211; The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 768 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore as of Friday noon (8th May 2020), taking the total count to 21,707.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7077\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-002-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-002-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-002-1-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-002-1-1024x626.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-002-1-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-002-1-1170x716.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-002-1-585x358.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>Among these are 10 Singaporeans and permanent residents.<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of these are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its daily update of preliminary figures.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7076\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-001-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-001-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-001-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-001-1170x683.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-001-585x341.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>Further details will be shared later in the day, said the ministry.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7075\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-003.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-003-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-003-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-003-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-003-1170x650.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SG-Covid-19-Coronavirus-8th-May-2020-Update-003-585x325.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>Singapore, which now has the highest number of coronavirus cases in South-east Asia, has seen a surge in cases in recent 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