7 more Covid-19 deaths in Singapore; 3,994 new infections

[SINGAPORE] Seven Singaporeans, aged 57 to 90, have died from complications linked to Covid-19, taking Singapore's virus death toll to 246.

Five were men and two were women, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Tuesday (Oct 19).

Three were unvaccinated, three were vaccinated and one was partially vaccinated.

All except one unvaccinated case had underlying medical conditions, MOH said in its daily update, without giving further details.

Tuesday was the 30th day in a row that deaths from Covid-19 were reported.

There were 3,994 new Covid-19 infections in total, MOH said, comprising 3,480 new cases in the community, 501 in migrant worker dormitories and 13 imported cases.

The local cases included 567 people above 60 years old.

The total number of cases in Singapore now stands at 154,725.

MOH added that there was a post-weekend surge in cases on Tuesday."Nevertheless, over the past week, we have observed a rise in activity levels, including a higher number of visitors across all malls, larger crowds in the Orchard Road area, as well as a slight increase in public transport ridership," it said.

THE STRAITS TIMES