2. Overall, the number of new cases in the community has decreased from 2 cases in the week before to none in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased from 2 cases in the week before to none in the past week. We will continue to closely monitor these numbers, as well as the cases detected through our surveillance programme.
3. Amongst the 91 confirmed cases reported from 16 March to 22 March, 31 cases have tested positive for their serology tests, 43 have tested negative, and 17 serology test results are pending.
There are no cases in the community today.
b) Cases residing in dormitories: 0There are no cases residing in dormitories today.
c) Imported cases: 12Amongst the 12 imported cases,
- 1 (Case 61080) is a Dependant’s Pass holder who arrived from India.
- 2 (Cases 61087 and 61089) are Work Pass holders who arrived from India.
- 6 (Cases 61083, 61084, 60185, 61091, 61092 and 61093) are Work Permit holders who arrived from Bangladesh and India.
- 3 (Cases 61081, 61082 and 61086) are Short-Term Visit Pass holders who arrived from India and Indonesia to visit their family members who are Singaporeans or Singapore Permanent Residents.
They had all already been placed on SHN upon arrival in Singapore and were tested while serving SHN.
4. Please refer to the
Annexes and MOH’s daily Situation Report (
www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.
5. Epidemiological investigations are in progress. In the meantime, all the identified close contacts of the cases have been isolated and placed on quarantine, and will be tested at the start and end of their quarantine period so that we can detect asymptomatic cases. We will also conduct serological tests for the close contacts to determine if the cases could have been infected by them.
Update on condition of confirmed cases6. 13 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 60,051 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.
7. There are currently 21 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and none is in the intensive care unit. 106 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. 30 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
22 MARCH 2021