As of 13 July 2020, 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 322 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.
The higher number of cases today is mainly due to fewer tests being conducted by the COVID-19 testing laboratories over the public holiday and weekend on 10 July and 11 July, with the backlog of samples being cleared from 12 July. The number of cases reported for 9 July and before were not affected.
Among the cases:
Amongst the 5 imported cases, 2 are Singapore Permanent Residents who returned to Singapore from India on 6 July and from Pakistan on 20 June respectively. Another 2 cases are Work Pass holders who are currently employed in Singapore. They arrived in Singapore from the Philippines on 30 June. The remaining case is a Dependant’s Pass holder who returned to Singapore from the USA on 30 June. All of them had been placed on 14-day Stay-Home Notice (SHN) upon arrival in Singapore, and had been tested while serving their SHN.
4 of the community cases today are linked to previous cases or clusters. Of these, 2 cases had been identified as contacts of previously confirmed cases, and had been tested during their quarantine to determine their status, even though they are asymptomatic. Another case was swabbed as he works in essential services. The remaining case was tested as part of our efforts to screen individuals working in frontline COVID-19 operations.
7 of the community cases are currently unlinked. Epidemiological investigations of the unlinked cases are in progress.
Of the new cases, 97% are linked to known clusters, the rest are pending contact tracing.
256 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. To date, 42,541 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities.
Most of the 166 confirmed cases who are still in hospital are stable or improving. 1 is in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
3,550 cases who have mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19 are isolated and cared for at community facilities.
26 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.
Related link: List of public places visited by confirmed cases in the community during Infectious Period
For more details, refer to MOH’s press release.