We’re less than two days away from the next month, and just for reference, on 29 March 2020, there were 42 new cases then, and the total number of cases was then 844.
Fast forward to today, and the numbers are drastically different.
According to MOH’s preliminarily report, today, we have 690 cases.
6 cases are Singaporeans or Singapore PRs. A majority of the other cases are migrant workers living in dormitories.
This means we now have 15,641 cases here in Singapore.
And according to the authorities, we can expect to see more local cases as they ramp up their tests in nursing houses.
Be Prepared for More Community Cases
Yesterday, during a press conference, Minister Lawrence Wong asked for Singaporeans to be mentally prepared for an increase in the number of community cases as they proceed to carry out more aggressive testing at nursing homes and on nursing home staff.
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He said, “As we do these active testing and sweeping of cases, I would not be surprised if we see more cases popping up. These are what we called ‘cryptic’ or ‘hidden’ cases, because these are people with very mild symptoms, maybe no symptoms at all, but they are in the community…there might very well be cases like that in the community.
“When we do an active sweep in a particular institution, we might very well find more cases.”
These new cases would most probably be reflected in the next few days.
However, it’s reported today that studies show that community transmission in Singapore before the middle of March has been low after researchers tested for antibodies that are produced after a patient had caught the coronavirus; that is, people who might have recovered from COVID-19 without anyone knowing.
For example, only 5.2% of people who had close contact with or are household members of patients were infected, and half of them weren’t previously detected.
The takeaway from this?
Data about the novel coronavirus is still very novel, so the best solution now is just to stay at home as we wait for more data.
After all, did you know that there is even a recent study that shows the virus could be airborne? We’re all now like babies learning something new about this nasty bug every day.
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