As of 7 October 2020, 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed and verified 4 new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection. All 4 reside in dormitories. In addition, there are 6 imported cases, who had all been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) upon arrival. In total, there are 10 new cases today.
Amongst the new cases today, 8 are asymptomatic, and were detected from our proactive screening and surveillance, while 2 imported cases were symptomatic.
Among the cases:
Amongst the 4 cases residing in dormitories, 1 had been identified earlier as a contact of previous cases, and had already been quarantined to prevent further transmission. He was tested during quarantine to determine his status.
The remaining 3 cases were detected through surveillance testing, such as the bi-weekly Rostered Routine Testing of workers living in dormitories.
There are 6 imported cases today, of whom 4 are asymptomatic. They had all been placed on 14-day SHN upon arrival in Singapore, and were tested while serving SHN at dedicated facilities.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has remained stable at an average of 1 case per day in the past 2 weeks. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also remained stable at an average of fewer than 1 case per day in the past 2 weeks.
Of the new cases, 80% are imported or linked to known cases/ clusters, while the rest are pending contact tracing.
12 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 57,624 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.
Most of the 39 confirmed cases who are still in hospital are stable or improving. 1 is in the intensive care unit.
150 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.