3,397 new Covid-19 cases and 12 deaths; weekly infection growth rate at 0.82

[SINGAPORE] There were 3,397 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday (Nov 9), up from 2,470 a day earlier, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its daily report.

The Covid-19 weekly infection growth rate slightly dipped to 0.82, down from 0.84 on Monday.

The number refers to the ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before. A weekly infection growth rate that is more than one shows that the number of new weekly Covid-19 cases is still increasing.

The infection growth rate has been below one for about a week now.

There were 12 people aged between 58 and 95 who have died of complications linked to Covid-19, MOH said.

All of them, except for an unvaccinated person, had various underlying medical conditions, said MOH without giving further details.

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The latest deaths take Singapore's Covid-19 death toll to 523.

The new cases comprised 3,222 cases in the community, 169 in migrant worker dormitories and six imported cases.

The local cases included 513 people above 60 years old.

The total number of cases in Singapore now stands at 224,200.

The overall utilisation rate of the intensive care unit on Tuesday was at 72.4 per cent, up from 68.5 per cent on Monday, said MOH.

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