Singapore reports 1,723 new Covid-19 cases and 10 deaths; weekly infection growth rate at 0.97
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[SINGAPORE] There were 1,723 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday (Nov 14), down from 2,304 a day earlier, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its daily report.
The Covid-19 weekly infection growth rate dipped slightly to 0.97, from 0.98 on Saturday.
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 infection growth rate has been below 1 for 2 consecutive days after it rose above 1 on Friday (Nov 12).
Ten people aged between 60 and 96 died of complications linked to Covid-19, MOH said.
All of them had various underlying medical conditions, said the ministry, without giving further details.
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Singapore's total number of Covid-19 deaths now stands at 586.
The new infections comprised 1,651 cases in the community, 66 in migrant worker dormitories and 6 imported cases.
Sunday's community cases included 307 people aged 60 and above.
The total number of cases in Singapore is now 237,203.
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