As of 13 August 2020, 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 102 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.
Among the cases:
Amongst the 6 imported cases, 2 are Singaporeans who returned to Singapore from the Philippines on 11 August and from the UAE on 1 August. They had both been placed on 14-day Stay-Home Notice (SHN) upon arrival in Singapore, and were serving their SHN at dedicated facilities.
The remaining cases are seamen who are Special Pass holders. They arrived in Singapore from India on 8 August on a vessel, where they had not disembarked from.
Of the 5 cases in the community, 4 were picked up as a result of proactive surveillance and screening, and 1 had already been placed on quarantine earlier. All of them are asymptomatic, and were detected through proactive testing.
There is 1 case in the community today who had been identified as a contact of a previously confirmed case. She had been placed on quarantine earlier, and was tested during quarantine to determine her status.
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 21,700 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, 95% are linked to known clusters, while the rest are pending contact tracing.
216 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 50,736 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.
Most of the 91 confirmed cases who are still in hospital are stable or improving. None are in the intensive care unit.
4,643 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.