As of 12 August 2020, 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 42 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.
Among the cases:
Amongst the 11 imported cases, 2 are Singaporeans who returned to Singapore from India on 3 July (Case 55439) and from Indonesia on 30 July (Case 55436). Case 55439 is a child who had served his Stay-Home Notice (SHN) with his parent and siblings in the same room at a dedicated facility, and was subsequently placed on quarantine when his SHN contacts tested positive for COVID-19. He was tested during quarantine to verify his status.
4 cases (Cases 55444, 55464, 55465 and 55470) are Dependant’s Pass holders who arrived from India on 28 July and 31 July. Another 4 cases (Cases 55455, 55456, 55457 and 55458) are Work Pass/ Work Permit holders currently employed in Singapore who arrived from the Philippines on 29 July and from India on 31 July.
All of them had been placed on 14-day SHN upon arrival in Singapore, and were serving their SHN at dedicated facilities. They had been tested while serving their SHN or quarantine. The remaining case (Case 55471) is a seaman currently holding a Special Pass who arrived in Singapore from India on 8 August on a vessel.
There is 1 case in the community today (Case 55469) who had been identified as a contact of a previously confirmed case. He had been placed on quarantine earlier, and was tested during quarantine.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has remained stable at an average of 2 cases per day in the past 2 weeks. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also remained stable at an average of 1 case per day in the past 2 weeks.
The Inter-agency Taskforce has completed the testing of all workers in the dormitories. There are currently about 22,800 workers who are still serving out their quarantine period. These workers will be tested when their quarantine ends, and we expect the case counts to remain high in the coming days, before tapering down thereafter.
Of the new cases, 99% are linked to known clusters, while the rest are pending contact tracing.
392 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 50,520 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.
Most of the 92 confirmed cases who are still in hospital are stable or improving. None are in the intensive care unit.
4,756 cases who have mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19 are isolated and cared for at community facilities.
27 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.