UPDATE ON LOCAL COVID-19 SITUATION AND VACCINATION PROGRESS (16 AUGUST 2021)

Summary of local situation 

• As of 16 August 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed and verified that there are 48 cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection and 5 imported cases. 

• 426 cases are currently warded in hospital. Most are well and under observation. There are currently 33 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 7 in critical condition in the intensive care unit (ICU).

• Over the last 28 days, the percentage of unvaccinated who became severely ill or died is 9.8%, while that for the fully vaccinated is 1.2%.As of 15 August 2021, 76% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, and 82% has received at least one dose.

Update on vaccination progress

           As of 15 August 2021, we have administered a total of 8,438,233 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme (Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty and Moderna), covering 4,432,081 individuals, with 4,136,498 individuals having completed the full vaccination regimen. 

2.         In addition, 149,107 doses of other vaccines recognised in the World Health Organization’s Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL) have been administered as of 15 August 2021, covering 83,796 individuals. In total, 76% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, and 82% has received at least one dose.

Figure 1: Percentage of Total Population who Received At Least First Dose¹ and Completed Full Regimen² of NVP and WHO EUL Vaccines 

Figure 2: Percentage of Vaccinated Individuals who Received At Least First Dose of NVP and WHO EUL Vaccines by Age Group

Figure 3: Percentage of Individuals who Completed Full Regimen of NVP and WHO EUL Vaccines by Age Group

Figure 4: Total number of doses administered

Condition of hospitalised cases

3.         426 cases are currently warded in hospital. There are currently 33 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 7 in critical condition in the ICU. 7 amongst these 40 cases are fully vaccinated. Of those who have fallen very ill, 32 are seniors above 60 years, of whom 26 are completely unvaccinated or partially vaccinated.  

Figure 5: Number of Active Cases in ICU or Requiring Oxygen Supplementation

Figure 6: Deaths and Active Cases in ICU or Requiring Oxygen Supplementation, by Age Group

4.         There is continuing evidence that almost all fully-vaccinated individuals do not suffer serious disease when infected, unless if they had underlying medical conditions that made them more susceptible. Over the last 28 days, the percentage of unvaccinated who became severely ill or died is 9.8%, while that for the fully vaccinated is 1.2%. 

Figure 7: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Vaccination Status & Severity of Condition⁴  

Figure 8: Deaths and Active Cases in ICU or Requiring Oxygen Supplementation, by Vaccination Status 

Locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

5.         There are 48 cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection today. 32 are linked to previous cases, and have already been placed on quarantine. 7 are linked to previous cases and were detected through surveillance. 9 are currently unlinked. 

6.         There are 5 imported cases, who have already been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. In total, there are 53 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore today. 

Figure 9: Number of Local Unlinked Cases and Linked Cases by Already Quarantined/ Detected through Surveillance⁵

 
Summary of trends for local cases

7.         Overall, the number of new cases in the community has decreased from 526 cases in the week before to 331 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased from 148 cases in the week before to 89 cases in the past week. The 7-day moving average number of all linked community cases and all unlinked community cases are 34.6 and 12.7 respectively.

Figure 10: 7 Day Moving Average Number of Community Unlinked and Linked Cases

Figure 11: Local Cases in the Last 14 Days by Age Group and Vaccination Status

Summary of trends for imported cases

8.         There are a total of 5 imported cases, who were detected upon arrival in Singapore. 

Figure 12: Number of Imported Cases by Detected Upon Arrival/ Detected during SHN or Isolation

Active clusters under monitoring

9.         There is 1 new cluster today, and 4 clusters that have closed. There are currently 99 active clusters, ranging between 3 and 1,155 infections.

Figure 13: Number of Active Clusters

Figure 14: List of Active Clusters

* Yuhua Market & Hawker Centre is currently linked to this cluster.

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

MINISTRY OF HEALTH
16 AUGUST 2021

¹Based on National Immunisation Registry data.
²Full regimen refers to individuals who have received both doses of the vaccine or one dose for vaccinated recovered individuals.
³Other vaccines recognised in the WHO EUL account for about 2% of the total population who received at least 1 dose and about 1% of total population who completed the full regimen.
⁴Fully vaccinated - more than 14 days after completing vaccination regimen (both doses of the vaccine or one dose for recovered individuals). Partially vaccinated – received 1 dose of 2-dose vaccine or COVID-positive within 14 days of completing vaccination regimen
⁵Incorporates re-classifications of earlier reported cases.
⁶Includes new cases added today.