8 Singapore seniors aged 60 to 94 die from Covid-19 complications

[SINGAPORE] Eight Singaporeans aged between 60 and 94 have died from complications linked to Covid-19, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Monday (Oct 4).

They comprise four men and four women, five of whom were vaccinated and three were unvaccinated. All had various underlying medical conditions, MOH said, without giving more details.

Monday was the 15th day in a row when deaths from Covid-19 were reported, taking Singapore's coronavirus death toll to 121. A total of 26 deaths have been reported in the first four days of October.

Forty people died from Covid-19 last month, compared with 18 in August.

There were 2,475 new Covid-19 infections reported on Monday, including 1,859 new infections in the community, 601 new cases in the migrant worker dormitories and 15 imported cases.

The local cases include 402 seniors aged above 60.

The total number of cases in Singapore now stands at 106,318. Since Sept 18, the number of new daily cases reported has exceeded 1,000, and since Sept 28, it has breached more than 2,000 daily.

Of the eight large active clusters with new cases were reported on Monday, the largest was Avery Lodge in Jurong, which had six new cases for a total of 445.

THE STRAITS TIMES