4,848 Covid-19 cases in Singapore on Sunday, lowest since Feb 3

[SINGAPORE] The number of daily Covid-19 cases and hospitalisations in Singapore has fallen to 4,848 and 694 respectively on Sunday (Mar 27).

This is down from 731 hospitalisation cases and 6,434 cases on Saturday.

The number of is the lowest since Feb 3, which had 4,297 cases.

There were 4 deaths reported on Sunday.

The Covid-19 week-on-week infection ratio remained below 1 for the 26th straight day at 0.75, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its nightly update. On Saturday, it was 0.77.

The week-on-week infection ratio refers to the ratio of community cases in the past week compared with the week before. A ratio of more than 1 indicates that the number of new weekly Covid-19 cases is increasing.

There were 22 patients in intensive care unit, and 86 needed oxygen supplementation.

Of the local cases, 4,221 were detected through antigen rapid tests (ART), which means they were assessed by a doctor to have mild symptoms and of low risk.

Another 526 cases were detected through polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests.

There were 101 new imported cases, of which 84 were detected through PCR tests and 17 through ARTs.

The total number of deaths in Singapore now stands at 1,250 while the total number of cases is 1,072,005.

About 95 per cent of the eligible population in Singapore have completed their full vaccination regimen, and 71 per cent of the total population have received their booster shots. THE STRAITS TIMES