COVID-19: Cases in Singapore

As of 6 November 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 4 imported cases, who had already been placed on Stay-Home Notice or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. All new cases today are asymptomatic, and were detected from our proactive screening and surveillance.

Overall, the number of new cases in the community has remained low, with a total of 1 case in the past week, who is currently unlinked.

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: 4
  • 4 asymptomatic

Amongst the 4 imported cases, 3 are currently employed in Singapore. Of these, 1 is a Work Pass holder who arrived from France, and another case is a Work Permit holder who arrived from the Philippines. The other case, a Short-Term Visit Pass holder who arrived from the UK, is an engineer on a work project in Singapore. They had all already been placed on SHN upon arrival in Singapore and were tested while serving SHN.

The remaining case is a Special Pass holder who is a crew member of a ship which arrived from the US. She had not disembarked from the ship, and was swabbed on board upon arrival in Singapore.

10 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 57,959 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.

Most of the 36 confirmed cases who are still in hospital are stable or improving. None is in the intensive care unit.

24 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.