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No New Cases of Locally Transmitted COVID-19 Infection
6 April 2021
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As of 6 April 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed and verified that there are no new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection. There are 24 imported cases, who had already been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) upon arrival in Singapore. Amongst the new cases today, 23 are asymptomatic, and were detected from our proactive screening and surveillance, while 1 was symptomatic.
Summary of new cases
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Breakdown by | Breakdown by | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of cases | Already in quarantine/ isolation before detection | Detected from surveillance | Symptomatic | Asymptomatic | |||
Cases in the community | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cases residing in dormitories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Imported cases | 24 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 23 | ||
Total | 24 | ||||||
2. Overall, the number of new cases in the community has remained stable at 2 cases per week in the past 2 weeks. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also remained stable at 2 cases per week in the past 2 weeks. We will continue to closely monitor these numbers, as well as the cases detected through our surveillance programme.
3. Amongst the 172 confirmed cases reported from 31 March to 6 April, 66 cases have tested positive for their serology tests, 82 have tested negative, and 24 serology test results are pending.
Case Details
a) Cases in the community: 0There are no cases in the community today. b) Cases residing in dormitories: 0
There are no cases residing in dormitories today.
c) Imported cases: 24Amongst the 24 imported cases,5 (Cases 61593, 61594, 61595, 61604 and 61605) are Singapore Permanent Residents who returned from India and Malaysia.1 (Case 61600) is a Dependant’s Pass holder who arrived from Ukraine.1 (Case 61608) is a Long-Term Visit Pass holder who arrived from the Philippines.2 (Cases 61598 and 61599) are Student's Pass holders who arrived from India.1 (Case 61607) is a Work Pass holder who arrived from Bangladesh.12 are Work Permit holders who arrived from Bangladesh, India and Malaysia, of whom 1 (Case 61592) is a foreign domestic worker.2 (Cases 61596 and 61597) are Short-Term Visit Pass holders. Case 61596 arrived from India to visit family members who are Singapore Permanent Residents, and Case 61597 arrived from India for a work project in Singapore.
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. 25 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 60,239 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.
7. There are currently 48 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and 1 is in critical condition in the intensive care unit. 202 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.