UPDATE ON LOCAL COVID-19 SITUATION (7 JULY 2021)

      As of 7 July 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed and verified that there are 5 cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection. 3 are linked to previous cases, and have already been placed on quarantine. 2 are currently unlinked. There are 7 imported cases, who have already been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. 5 were detected upon arrival in Singapore, while 2 developed the illness during SHN or isolation. In total, there are 12 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore today.

Figure 1: Number of Community Unlinked Cases, and Linked Cases by Already Quarantined/ Detected through Surveillance, and Dormitory Resident Cases¹

Summary of trends for local cases

2.   Overall, the number of new cases in the community has decreased from 68 cases in the week before to 24 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased from 9 cases in the week before to 7 cases in the past week. The 7-day moving average number of all linked community cases and all unlinked community cases are 2.4 and 1.0 respectively.

Figure 2: 7 Day Moving Average Number of Community Unlinked and Linked Cases²

Summary of trends for imported cases

3.    There are a total of 7 imported cases today. 5 were detected upon arrival in Singapore, while 2 developed the illness during SHN or isolation.

Figure 3: Number of Imported Cases by Detected Upon Arrival/Detected During SHN or Isolation

Active clusters under monitoring

4.    There are currently 23 active clusters, ranging between 3 and 94 infections.

Figure 4: Number of Active Clusters

Figure 5: List of Active Clusters

Condition of confirmed cases

5.    90 cases are currently warded in hospital.  Most are well and under observation. There are currently 7 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 3 in critical condition in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Figure 6: Number of Active Cases in ICU or Requiring Oxygen Supplementation

Figure 7: Deaths and Active Cases in ICU or Requiring Oxygen Supplementation, by Age Group

6.    There is continuing evidence that vaccination helps to prevent serious disease when one gets infected. Over the last 28 days, 23 local cases required oxygen supplementation, were admitted to ICU or passed away. 20 are unvaccinated, 3 are partially vaccinated and none was fully vaccinated.

Figure 8: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Vaccination Status and Severity of Condition⁴

Figure 9: Deaths and Active Cases in ICU or Requiring Oxygen Supplementation, by Vaccination Status⁴

Progress of national vaccination programme

7.    As of 6 July 2021, we have administered a total of 5,933,179 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme. The total number of doses administered was 5,933,179, covering 3,729,907 individuals. 2,203,272 individuals have received their second dose and completed the full vaccination regimen.

Figure 10: Progress of National Vaccination Programme

Figure 11: Percentage of Vaccinated Individuals who Received At Least First Dose by Age Group⁵

Figure 12: Percentage of Individuals who Completed Full Regimen⁶ with any COVID-19 Vaccine by Age Group

8.    Please refer to MOH’s daily Situation Report (www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH

7 JULY 2021

[1] Incorporates re-classifications of earlier reported cases.

[2] Incorporates re-classifications of earlier reported cases.

[3] Includes new cases added today.
[4] Fully vaccinated – more than 14 days after completing vaccination regimen. Partially vaccinated – received 1 dose only of 2-dose vaccine or COVID-19 positive within 14 days of completing vaccination regimen.

[5] Based on National Immunisation Registry data.

[6] Full regimen refers to individuals who have received both doses of the vaccine.