Yes, you’ve read it right: there are 55 unlinked cases reported today.
As of 12pm today (27 Jul), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 139 new cases of COVID-19 infection.
136 of them are community cases.
Of the 136 locally-transmitted cases, 55 are currently unlinked. 2 cases belong to the KTV cluster, while 36 are linked to the Jurong Fishery Port cluster.
This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 64,453.
Based on yesterday’s figures, the number of new cases in the community has increased from 479 cases in the week before to 1,021 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased from 35 cases in the week before to 143 cases in the past week.
The 7-day moving average number of all linked community cases and all unlinked community cases are 125.4 and 20.4 respectively.
Restrictions Will be Reviewed in Early August for Vaccinated People
In parliament yesterday, the task force tackling COVID-19 said that while Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) is supposed to end on 18 August 2021, they will assess the overall infection situation in early August, since by then, two-third of the population would have received two doses of the vaccine.
Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said, “So if the clusters are under control, and hospitalisation rates remain low, we will be able to ease some of the Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) measures.
“But the easing will be differentiated and extended to only vaccinated persons, because they are much better protected against the effects of the virus.”
In other words, go take your jabs if you’ve not done so.
551 Cases in Hospitals; 7,192,180 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered
551 cases are currently warded in hospital. Most are well and under observation. There are currently 18 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 2 in critical condition in the intensive care unit (ICU). None amongst these 20 cases is fully vaccinated. 12 seniors above 60 years, who are completely unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, have fallen very ill.
In total, there are currently 35 active clusters, ranging between 3 and 858 infections.
As of 25 July 2021, we have administered a total of 7,192,180 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme. The total number of doses administered was 7,192,180, covering 4,242,505 individuals. 3,070,092 individuals have completed the full vaccination regimen, consisting of 120,417 recovered persons who received at least one dose and 2,949,675 who received their second dose.
In addition, 83,072 doses of Sinovac vaccines have been administered as of 25 July 2021, covering 67,970 individuals.
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