As of 17 September 2020, 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 18 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.
Among the cases:
There are 2 imported cases today. One case is a Work Pass holder currently employed in Singapore who arrived from France on 4 September, and the other case is a Dependant’s Pass holder who arrived from India on 5 September. Both of them had been placed on 14-day Stay-Home Notice (SHN) upon arrival in Singapore, and were tested while serving their SHN at dedicated facilities.
There is 1 case in the community who is currently unlinked. The case was detected from our Rostered Routine Testing of workers in the construction, marine and process sectors who are living outside the dormitories, even though he is asymptomatic.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has decreased, from an average of 2 cases per day in the week before, to an average of 1 per day in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has remained stable at fewer than 1 case per day in the past 2 weeks.
Amongst the 15 cases residing in dormitories, 10 had been identified earlier as contacts of previous cases, and had already been quarantined to prevent further transmission. They were tested during quarantine to determine their status.
The remaining 5 cases were detected through surveillance testing, such as our bi-weekly Rostered Routine Testing of workers living in dormitories.
Of the new cases, 89% are imported or linked to known cases/ clusters, while the rest are pending contact tracing.
84 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 57,039 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.
Most of the 43 confirmed cases who are still in hospital are stable or improving. None is in the intensive care unit.
423 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.