611 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, including 3 Singaporeans and PRs

[SINGAPORE] A total of 611 new coronavirus cases were preliminarily confirmed on Friday, including three Singaporeans and permanent residents (PR).

The bulk of the remaining cases are foreign workers in living in dormitories.

The new cases take Singapore's total to 33,860.

Twenty-three people have died from Covid-19 complications in Singapore, while nine who tested positive have died of other causes.

Globally, the outbreak, which began last December, has infected more than 5.9 million people. About 362,000 have died.

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