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29 More Cases Discharged, 12 New Cases of COVID-19 Infection Confirmed
23 September 2020
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As of 23 September 2020, 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed and verified an additional 12 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore. The breakdown of the cases is as follows:
Summary of new cases
All new cases today are asymptomatic, and were detected from our proactive screening and surveillance.
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Already in quarantine/ isolation before detection | Detected from surveillance | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Imported cases | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Cases in the community | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cases residing in dormitories | 4 | 3 | 7 |
a) Imported cases: 4 (3 Permanent Residents, 1 Work Pass holder)
Amongst the 4 imported cases, 3 (Cases 57776, 57782 and 57783) are Singapore Permanent Residents who returned to Singapore from India on 11 September. The remaining case (Case 57781) is a Work Pass holder currently employed in Singapore who arrived from Iran on 11 September.
All of them had been placed on 14-day Stay-Home Notice (SHN) upon arrival in Singapore, and were tested while serving their SHN at dedicated facilities.
b) Cases in the community: 1 (1 Work Permit holder)
Case 57775 had been identified as a contact of a previously confirmed case, and had been placed on quarantine earlier. He was tested during quarantine to determine his status, even though he is asymptomatic.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has remained stable at an average of 1 case per day in the past 2 weeks. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also remained stable at an average of fewer than 1 case per day in the past 2 weeks. We will continue to closely monitor these numbers, as well as the cases detected through our surveillance programme.
c) Cases residing in dormitories: 7
Amongst the 7 cases residing in dormitories, 4 had been identified earlier as contacts of previous cases, and had already been quarantined to prevent further transmission. They were tested during quarantine to determine their status.
The remaining 3 cases were detected through surveillance testing, such as our bi-weekly Rostered Routine Testing of workers living in dormitories. This allows us to pick up cases early, including asymptomatic ones, so that we are able to ring-fence them quickly to prevent further transmission, by aggressively containing, tracing and isolating the close contacts.
2. Details of these trends can be found in MOH’s daily situation Report (www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report). Please refer to Annex A for the summary of the confirmed cases.
3. Of the new cases, 92% are imported or linked to known cases/ clusters, while the rest are pending contact tracing.
Links between previous cases found
4. Further epidemiological investigations and contact tracing have uncovered links between previously announced and new cases. Please refer to Annex B and Annex C for details.
Update on condition of confirmed cases
5. 29 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 57,291 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.
6. There are currently 36 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and none is in the intensive care unit. 285 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. 27 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.