Unvaccinated 93-year-old woman dies of Covid-19; death toll at 56

[SINGAPORE] An unvaccinated 93-year-old Singaporean woman has died from complications due to Covid-19 infection, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday (Sept 8).

The woman developed symptoms on Sept 2, and was admitted to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases on Sunday (Sept 5), where she tested positive for the coronavirus.

She had a history of diabetes, chronic kidney disease, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

This takes Singapore's Covid-19 death toll to 56.

There are no new emerging large clusters, MOH said in its daily update.

Another 19 new cases were linked to staff at five bus interchanges at Toa Payoh, Tampines, Boon Lay, Clementi and Bishan.

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There is no evidence of spread to commuters at those clusters, MOH added.

Toa Payoh bus interchange remains the biggest cluster among them with 183 cases, after seven new cases were added.

Bugis Junction is the largest active cluster, with four new cases that took its total to 295.

The North Coast Lodge cluster added two new cases, bringing the total number of cases to 199.

Four new cases also were linked to the Changi General Hospital cluster, which now has 58 cases.

Nine new cases were added to the cluster at the construction site at 30 Sunview Way, for a total of 35 cases.

Singapore reported 349 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, comprising 347 locally transmitted cases and two imported cases.

Three of the locally transmitted cases were seniors above 70 who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, and at risk of serious illness.

There are 664 Covid-19 patients still in hospital.

These include 6 in critical condition in the intensive care unit, and 23 who require oxygen support.

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