SINGAPORE – Singapore reported more than 5,000 new daily cases of Covid-19 infection yesterday, the highest number recorded since the pandemic began last year.
From the total of 5,324 new cases, the republic’s Health Ministry (MoH) said 4,651 were reported in the community and 661 in the migrant worker dormitories, besides 12 imported cases.
“The weekly infection growth rate is 1.15,” said the ministry in its nightly data update.
It said the infection numbers are unusually high, mostly due to many Covid-19-positive cases detected by testing laboratories within a few hours yesterday afternoon.
“MoH is looking into this unusual surge in cases within a relatively short window, and closely monitoring the trends for the next few days,” said the statement.
According to the update, 3,172 cases were discharged yesterday, while 1,777 cases remain warded in the hospital with 308 cases requiring oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 76 unstable and under close monitoring in intensive care units (ICUs), and 66 critically ill and intubated in ICUs.
Of 90,203 infected individuals, 98.7% had no or mild symptoms over the last 28 days, 0.9% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.1% were unstable and under close monitoring in ICUs, 0.1% were critically ill and intubated in ICUs, and 0.2% had died.
The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 79.8%, and the ministry said “it is in the process of standing up more ICU beds”.
As of Tuesday, 84% of Singapore’s population had completed their full regimen or received two doses of Covid-19 vaccines, while 85% received at least one dose and 14% received booster shots.
As of noon yesterday, the total caseload stood at 184,419 with 349 deaths. – Bernama, October 28, 2021
