In case you’ve lost count (which is totally understandable), here’s a fact that you probably can’t believe: we’ve all been in isolation for more than a month now.
And while the number of new cases continues to pile up daily, there’s been an improvement in the local community, although the local cases have reverted to double-digit.
Today, 768 cases are reported.
This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 21,707
Out of today’s cases, 10 are Singaporeans or Singapore PRs. Yesterday, there were 5 of such cases.
Most of the cases today are work permit holders who live in dormitories.
Based on yesterday’s numbers, the number of new cases in the community has decreased, from an average of 14 cases per day in the week before, to an average of 10 per day in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased, from an average of 7 cases per day in the week before, to an average of 4 per day in the past week.
And as for the locally confirmed cases, some were healthcare workers.
4 Healthcare Workers from Singapore Expo and 2 Quarantine Order Officers Infected
Now, before you go apeshit and think that frontline workers are now being infected by patients, don’t be (yet): MOH has not confirmed whether they had been infected in the line of duty.
At the community isolation facility in Singapore Expo, a 34-year-old nurse was tested positive for the coronavirus on 2 May 2020. Two days later, 52-year-old Singaporean healthcare volunteer at the community isolation facility was confirmed to be infected. On 5 May, a 20-year-old male nurse deployed to Singapore Expo was also tested positive.
Yesterday, it was reported that a 43-year-old man who works as a radiographer at the community care facility at Singapore Expo has been tested positive as well, and is now being warded at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).
In addition, it was also reported that 2 officers who served quarantine orders at various dormitories had been infected, too: a 36-year-old Singaporean who had his first symptoms on Tuesday and a 23-year-old Singaporean who had his first symptoms on 30 April 2020.
So far, MOH has not revealed more details about these cases.
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