Singapore records 2,038 new Covid-19 cases, ICU utilisation rate at 58.8%
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[SINGAPORE] There were 2,038 new Covid-19 infections reported in Singapore on Thursday (Nov 18), down from 3,474 the day before, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
The Covid-19 weekly infection growth rate was at 0.90, up slightly from 0.89 on Wednesday.
The infection growth rate has been below 1 for 6 consecutive days.
The number refers to the ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before. A weekly infection growth rate that is consistently below 1 shows that the number of new weekly Covid-19 cases is declining.
The ICU utilisation rate has been on a decline in the past 2 weeks. The figure was at 58.8 per cent on Thursday, down from 62.3 per cent on Wednesday. It was at 70.2 per cent on Nov 4, although the total number of ICU beds has varied during this period - between 398 and 430.
Six people aged between 57 and 84 died of complications linked to Covid-19, MOH said. All of them had various underlying medical conditions, it added, without giving further details.
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The latest deaths take the total number of fatalities in Singapore to 625.
Thursday's new infections comprised 1,964 cases in the community, 67 in migrant worker dormitories and 7 that were imported.
Of the community cases, 294 are seniors aged 60 and above.
The total number of cases in Singapore now stands at 246,853.
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