{"id":6977,"date":"2020-11-25T11:30:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T03:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=6977"},"modified":"2020-11-25T11:31:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T03:31:04","slug":"covid-19-singapore-reports-no-active-clusters-for-the-first-time-since-feb-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=6977","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Singapore reports no active clusters for the first time since Feb 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SINGAPORE, Nov 25 (Bernama) — Singapore which reported a total COVID-19 infection tally of 58,183 so far, has closed the last coronavirus cluster, a migrant worker dormitory, Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As there have been no more cases linked to the cluster at Cassia @ Penjuru for the past two incubation periods of  28 days, the cluster has now been closed, the republic’s Ministry of Health (MOH) said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“With the closure of this cluster, there are no active COVID-19 clusters for the first time since Feb 3, 2020,” it said in a statement issued late last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singapore reported its first cluster on Feb 4 involving\u00a0a Chinese medicine shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As of Tuesday, the MOH has classified 1,410 of the reported cases as imported, 2,271 as community cases and 54,502 involving dorm residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About 99 per cent, or 58,079 cases, had fully recovered and a  total of 37 confirmed cases remain hospitalised, with one in critical condition in the intensive care unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, 39 patients who have mild symptoms or clinically well, but still tested positive for COVID-19,  have been isolated and being cared for at community facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To date, 28 people have died from complications due to COVID-19 in the republic, with the first two deaths reported on March 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As at noon Tuesday, Singapore reported 18 new positive cases of which 15 were asymptomatic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection was reported here since Nov 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singapore reported its first COVID-19 case on Jan 23. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

— BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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