Happy Week 2 of Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) everybody! Don’t we all love working from home, tabao-ing, and having our COVID-19 concerns be put to rest by our newly-minted Health Minister himself?
Well, don’t rest too easy. It’s not called heightened alert for nothing, and today’s COVID-19 numbers will show you why.
As of 12pm today (24 May), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 36 new cases of COVID-19 infection.
24 are community cases, with two currently unlinked. The remaining 12 are imported cases.
This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 61,860.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has increased from 131 cases in the week before to 182 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased from 30 cases in the week before to 46 cases in the past week.
Unlinked Cases Reported on 23 May Are 2 Homemakers & A Construction Worker Who Lives in A Dorm
Out of 25 new COVID-19 cases recorded yesterday (23 May), 22 are locally-transmitted cases. Out of these, one is a dorm resident and the remaining 21 are community infections.
There are three unlinked cases, which are the dorm resident and two homemakers.
The dorm resident is a 46-year-old Malaysian man who works as a construction worker at H&W Communications. He resides at Harvest @ Woodlands at 280 Woodlands Industrial Park E5.
He is asymptomatic, and his infection was detected when he was tested on 22 May as part of Rostered Routine Testing (RRT), which came back positive.
His earlier tests from RRT—the last being on 8 May—all returned negative for COVID-19 infection. His serology test result is negative, suggesting a recent infection.
One of the homemakers is a 60-year-old Singaporean who is a resident of Block 506 Hougang Avenue 8. She was tested as past of the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) testing operations for residents there, and her result came back positive, even though she’s asymptomatic.
She received her first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on 29 March and the second dose on 19 April.
The other homemaker is a 74-year-old Singaporean who developed body aches, vomiting, and chills on 19 May, and sought medical treatment at a GP clinic on the same day.
She wasn’t tested for COVID-19, however, as she did not report any acute respiratory infection symptoms.
Her condition deteriorated on 22 May, and she was conveyed to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) where she was tested for COVID-19.
Her test result came back positive for COVID-19 infection on the same day. Her serology test result is pending.
The 74-year-old received her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on 20 April and the second dose on 11 May.
The remaining community cases comprise:
- Four new community infections linked to the Jem/Westgate cluster, which has been declared the newest cluster
- Three new community infections linked to the Changi Airport cluster, including a 7-year-old boy who is a student at St Stephen’s school
- One new community infection linked to the 36-year-old dealer working at the Marina Bay Sands Casino
- Two new community infections linked to the McDonald’s delivery rider who works at the Pasir Ris Elias Community Centre (CC) outlet
- One new community infection linked to the Sms Infocomm cluster
- One new community infection linked to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) Ward 9D cluster
- Four new community infections each linked to previous cases: Cases 63236, 63304, 63392, and 63479
- Three new community infections with known links to previous cases
- Three imported cases
498 Active Cases
There are currently 242 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and 3 are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
256 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.
32 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.
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