Singapore confirms 142 new coronavirus cases in highest daily spike
- Forty of the new infections were linked to foreign worker dormitories
- Another person died on Wednesday while waiting for his test result, taking the total number of fatalities in the country to 7
It is the highest single-day spike of cases in the city state, the previous being the 120 cases reported on Sunday.
Two were imported cases while 72 infections are currently “pending contact tracing”, MOH said.
Twenty additional cases are linked to the S-11 Dormitory. The largest local cluster of infections now has 115 confirmed cases.
To date, a total of 406 cases have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities, including the 29 released on Wednesday.
The ministry said that of the 669 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving.
Twenty-nine are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
It said that 542 cases who are clinically well but still test positive for Covid-19 are isolated and cared for at Concord International Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital, Mount Alvernia Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital and the Community Isolation Facility at D’Resort NTUC.
Six have died from complications due to Covid-19 infection. Another person died on Wednesday while waiting for the result of his swab test, MOH said.
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The ministry said that Case 1604, a 32-year-old male Indian national who was a long-term pass holder, had been swabbed at NCID for Covid-19 on April 7 and was advised to stay at home, pending the test result. His chest X-ray indicated he did not have pneumonia.
He died at his residence on April 8, and was confirmed to have Covid-19 infection after his death. Investigations are ongoing to establish the cause of death, MOH said.
The MOH also identified a patient from the public health care sector.
The patient – identified as Case 1466 – is a 31-year-old male Indian national who is a Singapore Work Pass holder, and has no recent travel history to affected countries or regions.
He had reported an onset of symptoms on April 5, and subsequent test results confirmed Covid-19 infection on April 7. He is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
He is employed as a technician at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital but had not gone to work since the onset of symptoms.
