SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 261 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Friday (Jun 5) – its lowest in nearly two months – but the decline was partly due to fewer swab tests being conducted, health authorities said.
This takes the total number of coronavirus infections in Singapore to 37,183.
The number of new cases was the lowest daily figure since Apr 12, when 233 cases were reported.
On Friday, 11 new community cases were reported – six Singaporeans or permanent residents and five work permit holders, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
Out of the 11 cases, eight are asymptomatic, but had been swabbed as part of the proactive surveillance or to verify their status during quarantine.
Among the Singaporeans and permanent residents, five are linked to previously confirmed cases, and had already been placed on quarantine, MOH said in its nightly update.
One is a permanent resident who stays at Cassia @ Penjuru dormitory, and was proactively tested as part of MOH's efforts to clear the dormitories.
Among the five work permit holders, four had been picked up as a result of proactive screening.
Of these, three were tested before they were due to start work in essential services, and one was tested as part of the screening of migrant workers residing at shophouses located at Balestier Road, due to their proximity to another cluster in the same area. Epidemiological investigations are ongoing for the remaining case." Six of the community cases are linked to previously confirmed cases and had already been placed in quarantine. Another case is linked to a dormitory cluster
"Epidemiological investigations are ongoing for the remaining four," the ministry said. The remaining 250 new cases are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories. here was one new cluster reported on Friday as well at a dormitory at 781 Woodlands Avenue 9. A total of 305 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities all, 24,209 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.
