Six seniors die from Covid-19 complications; 2,553 new infections

[SINGAPORE] Six Singaporeans, aged 78 to 93, have died from complications linked to Covid-19, taking Singapore's virus death toll to 239.

Four were men and two were women, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Monday (Oct 18).

Four were unvaccinated. Of the remaining two, one was vaccinated and the other was partially vaccinated. All had underlying medical conditions, MOH said in its daily update, without giving further details.

Of those who died of such complications over the past 28 days, 25.5 per cent were fully vaccinated and the rest were either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated.

Deaths linked to Covid-19 have been recorded daily since Sept 20.

There were 2,553 new Covid-19 infections in total, comprising 2,008 new cases in the community, 544 in migrant worker dormitories and one imported case.

The local cases included 359 people above 60 years old.

Among the large clusters that are being monitored, six had new cases. Bukit Batok Home for the Aged had eight new cases, bringing its total to 52. These include 51 residents and one staff member.

Two new cases were also added to United Medicare Centre in Toa Payoh, bringing the size of the cluster to 128. Of these, 109 were residents, 18 were staff members and one is a household contact of a case.

The total number of cases in Singapore now stands at 150,731.

THE STRAITS TIMES