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SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 884 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday (May 12), taking the country's total to 24,671.
A total of 877 of the cases are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its daily update.
"The number of new cases from the testing of workers with acute respiratory infection (ARI) symptoms and their contacts remains stable.
"But the number of daily cases continues to rise as we are also testing the workers who are well and asymptomatic, as part of our process to verify and test the status of every worker," the ministry said.
MOH added that it had started "intensive testing" at purpose-built dormitories, and is now doing so for the factory-converted dormitories.
Three other cases are work permit holders residing outside dormitories.
Of the four cases in the community, three are Singaporeans and one is a work pass holder.
MOH said the number of new cases in the community has decreased, from an average of eight cases per day in the week before, to an average of seven per day in the past week.
The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased, from an average of four cases per day in the week before, to an average of three per day in the past week.
There have been two more cases linked to the public healthcare sector.
Case 24016 is a 63-year-old Singaporean woman who has no recent travel history to affected countries or regions. She was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on May 11 and is currently warded at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).
She is employed as a nurse clinician at Singapore General Hospital but had not gone to work since onset of symptoms.
Case 24255 is a 55-year-old Singaporean woman who has no recent travel history to affected countries or regions. She was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on May 11 and is currently warded at Changi General Hospital (CGH).
Prior to hospital admission, she had gone to work for a few hours as a patient service associate at CGH.
RECORD NUMBER OF DISCHARGED PATIENTS
MOH said an additional 626 patients have been discharged, a new daily high.
In all, 3,851 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.
There are currently 1,132 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving while 20 are in a critical condition in the intensive care unit.
A total of 19,667 are isolated and cared for at community facilities. These are those who have mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19.
TWO DEATHS NOT LINKED TO COVID-19
MOH reported two more deaths in COVID-19 cases that were not linked to the disease.
Case 23908, a 50-year-old male Thai national, died on May 12. He had been sent to the emergency department at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital after suffering respiratory arrest on May 10.
He was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection the next day. MOH said the cause of death was cerebral haemorrhage.
Case 24013, a 31-year-old male Indian national, died on May 10. He had collapsed after complaining of chest pain while at his dormitory.
He was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on May 11, after his demise. MOH said the cause of death was coronary thrombosis.
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