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Singapore’s COVID-19 weekly infection growth rate back above 1 for first time since Nov 12
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/covid-19-weekly-infection-growth-rate-above-1-2411966The weekly infection growth rate refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before. Authorities have described the statistic as one of the key indicators that can be used to assess risk levels when calibrating COVID-19 measures. A number above 1 indicates that the number of new weekly COVID-19 cases is rising – it reached 1.09 on Tuesday.
Singapore reported 842 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Tuesday. Three fatalities from the disease were also reported.
Separately, MOH's website also showed that 438 new Omicron infections were confirmed on Tuesday, comprising 347 imported cases and 91 local cases.