Singapore reports 2,396 new Covid-19 cases; weekly infection growth rate at 0.87
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[SINGAPORE] There were 2,396 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday (Nov 11), down from 3,481 a day earlier, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its daily report.
The Covid-19 weekly infection growth rate dipped slightly to 0.87, from 0.88 on Wednesday (Nov 10).
The number refers to the ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before. A weekly infection growth rate that is more than 1 shows that the number of new weekly Covid-19 cases is still increasing.
The infection growth rate has been below 1 for 9 days in a row now.
There were 8 people aged between 74 and 100 who died of complications linked to Covid-19, MOH said.
The latest deaths take Singapore's total number of fatalities to 548.
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The new infections comprised 2,243 cases in the community, 136 in migrant worker dormitories and 17 imported cases.
Thursday's community cases included 370 people above the age of 60.
The total number of cases in Singapore now stands at 230,077.
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