14,500 workers in Singapore still serving Covid-19 quarantine

[SINGAPORE] About 14,500 workers are currently serving out their quarantine period, after testing of all workers in dormitories was completed on Aug 11.

"These workers will be tested when their quarantine ends, and we expect the case counts to remain high in the coming days, before tapering down thereafter," said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Thursday.

No cases in the community were reported, said MOH in its daily update.

Of the 68 new cases reported on Thursday, the two imported cases included a Singaporean woman and a permanent resident who arrived from India between Aug 6 and Aug 8.

They were asymptomatic and tested positive for the virus on Wednesday.

Migrant workers living in dormitories made up the remaining 66 new coronavirus patients announced on Thursday, taking Singapore's total to 56,099.

Two clusters in dormitories were closed as the dorms have been cleared by the Inter-agency Taskforce, and now house only recovered individuals and those who have recently tested negative for Covid-19 infection.

The number of new daily cases in the community has remained stable at an average of two cases per day in the past two weeks, said MOH.

The number of unlinked cases in the community has also remained stable at an average of one case per day over the same period.

With 309 cases discharged on Thursday, 53,104 patients have fully recovered from the disease.

A total of 75 patients remain in hospital, while 2,878 are recuperating in community facilities. None are in intensive care.

Singapore has had 27 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died of other causes.

THE STRAITS TIMES