COVID-19: Cases in Singapore

As of 31 October 2020, 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed and verified that there are no new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection. There are 12 imported cases, who had all been placed on Stay-Home Notice or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. Amongst the new cases today, all except 1 are asymptomatic, and were detected from proactive screening and surveillance. 

Overall, the number of new, as well as unlinked, cases in the community has decreased from 3 cases in the week before, to 2 in the past week. We will continue to closely monitor these numbers, as well as the cases detected through our surveillance programme.

Among the cases:

• Cases in the community: 0
  • There are no cases in the community today.  

• Cases residing in dormitories: 0
  • There are no cases residing in dormitories today.  

• Imported cases: 12
  • 1 symptomatic, 11 asymptomatic

Amongst the 12 imported cases, 2 are Singaporeans who returned from Indonesia and US, and 1 is a Singapore Permanent Resident who returned from Indonesia. Another case is a Dependant’s Pass holder who arrived from Greece. The remaining 8 cases are Work Permit holders currently employed in Singapore who arrived from Indonesia and the Philippines. They had all been placed on SHN or isolated upon arrival in Singapore and were tested while serving SHN.

4 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 57,913 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities. 

Most of the 42 confirmed cases who are still in hospital are stable or improving. None is in the intensive care unit.

32 cases who have mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19 are isolated and cared for at community facilities. 

28 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.