As of 23 August 2020, 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 87 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.
Among the cases:
Amongst the 13 imported cases, 5 are Singapore Permanent Residents who returned to Singapore from India on 11 August. 2 are Dependant’s Pass and Long-Term Visit Pass holders who arrived from India and the Philippines on 11 August. 2 are Work Permit holders currently employed in Singapore who arrived from the Philippines on 11 August. Another 2 are Student’s Pass holders who arrived from India on 11 August. The remaining 2 are Short-Term Visit Pass holders who were allowed entry into Singapore as 1 has been seeking medical treatment in Singapore and the other is the parent and caregiver. They arrived from Bangladesh on 21 August.
All the cases had been placed on 14-day Stay-Home Notice (SHN) upon arrival in Singapore, and were serving their SHN at dedicated facilities. They had been tested while serving their SHN.
There is 1 case in the community today who is currently unlinked who was detected under our enhanced community testing to test all individuals aged 13 and above who are diagnosed with acute respiratory infection (ARI) at first presentation to a doctor. This allows us to identify infected individuals early and to quickly contain further spread.
The Inter-agency Taskforce has completed the testing of all workers in the dormitories. There are currently about 13,500 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 imported or linked to known cases/ clusters, while the rest are pending contact tracing.
244 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 54,164 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.
Most of the 76 confirmed cases who are still in hospital are stable or improving. None is in the intensive care unit.
2,086 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.