[SINGAPORE] A 58-year-old woman died on Thursday from complications due to Covid-19 infection, bringing the total number of such deaths to 15.

She was confirmed to have the virus on March 26, and is Case 703.

Ng Teng Fong General Hospital has reached out to her family and is extending assistance to them, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).

Foreign workers living in dormitories made up 488 of the 528 new Covid-19 cases here on Thursday (April 30).

It was also the seventh day in a row where the new daily infections fell below 1,000.

This brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Singapore to 16,169.

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Foreign workers living outside dormitories made up 31 cases. The other nine new cases in the community include 6 Singaporeans and permanent residents and 3 work pass holders.

There were no imported cases.

MOH also announced 12 new clusters, including one linked to the Institute of Mental Health.

Globally, the outbreak, which began in December last year, has infected more than 3.21 million people. Some 228,000 have died.

The United States is the worst affected country in the world with more than 1.06 million cases and 61,000 deaths from Covid-19 as of Thursday.

THE STRAITS TIMES