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1,016 new coronavirus cases here; Singaporean woman 12th person to die

Published Wed, Apr 22, 2020 · 09:50 PM

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    Singapore

    AN 84-year-old Singaporean woman has become the 12th person to die from complications due to the coronavirus, even as the number of patients with the infection here crossed the 10,000 mark on Wednesday.

    The 84-year-old woman died on Tuesday night. She was confirmed to have the virus on April 2. Khoo Teck Puat Hospital has contacted her family and is assisting them, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a daily update on Wednesday.

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