Singapore reports 1,457 new COVID-19 cases; 176 from dormitories

Singapore reported 1,457 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, including 176 from dormitories housing foreign workers, taking the total number of cases to 81,352, the health ministry said.The new cases also included four imported infections, the Ministry of Health MOH said.

Singapore reported 1,457 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, including 176 from dormitories housing foreign workers, taking the total number of cases to 81,352, the health ministry said.

The new cases also included four imported infections, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. Of the locally transmitted cases, 1,277 were community cases and 176 cases were migrant workers staying at dormitories, the ministry said.

Eight new cases confirmed on Wednesday were from the Woodlands Dormitory, bringing its total to 54. The dormitory for migrant workers has been added to a list of 12 large clusters currently being monitored by the MOH, it said.

It involves intra-dormitory transmission among residents with no evidence of spread beyond the dormitory, the ministry added.

All the persons have been quarantined.

Three Singaporeans have died due to COVID-19, according to media reports on Wednesday. The fatalities included a 90-year old vaccinated woman with a history of stroke, asthma, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. The other two were unvaccinated men, 65 and 50.

As of Wednesday, Singapore has reported a total of 81,352 COVID-19 cases and 68 deaths from the disease. There were also four imported cases, those who arrived from abroad, taking the daily tally to 1,457, the highest since the pandemic began early last year.

Over the last 28 days, 97.9 percent of the local cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms.