79-year-old unvaccinated man dies from Covid-19; virus death toll hits 40 in Singapore

A 79 year-old Singaporean man died from complications due to Covid 19 on Wednesday.

He went to Sengkang General Hospital the same day with shortness of breath and low blood pressure, and tested positive for the virus.

He had not been vaccinated and had a history of heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hypertension, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in an update on Thursday.

This is Singapore's second death from the virus this week, bringing the total to 40.

On Monday, a 58-year-old woman, also unvaccinated, died from the virus.

MOH added that there were 10 new clusters, and a total of 122 that are still active.

Twelve more cases have been added to the Jurong Fishery Port cluster, bringing its case total to 1,127.

There were 96 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases reported on Thursday.

Of these, 38 were linked to previous cases and were already quarantined, while another 20 linked cases were not in quarantine when detected.

The remaining 38 were new unlinked cases, up from 30 on Wednesday.

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

There were also two imported cases that had been placed on stay-home notice (SHN) or isolated on arrival in Singapore, said MOH.

One was detected on arrival in Singapore, while the other tested positive for the virus during SHN or isolation.

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