We’ve finally gone through two days without a community case reported.
As of 12pm today (24 Jan), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 48 new cases of COVID-19 infection.
All of them are imported.
This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 59,308.
Based on yesterday’s figures, the number of new cases in the community has increased from 6 cases in the week before to 17 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has decreased from 4 cases in the week before to 3 cases in the past week.
216 Active Cases
There are currently 38 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and none is in the intensive care unit
178 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.
29 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.
In the meantime, if you’ve not, you should download the TraceTogether app so that contact tracing can be done easily. If you’re worried about your privacy, watch this video to the end:
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