Three new Covid-19 cases linked to Changi General Hospital cluster

[SINGAPORE] Three community Covid-19 cases announced on Tuesday (June 29) were linked to the cluster at Changi General Hospital.

It has 13 cases, up from 10.

The remaining two cases were linked to the cluster at Block 105 Henderson Crescent and a cluster linked to an 81-year-old retiree, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).

Of the five locally transmitted cases, four were quarantined and detected through surveillance.

MOH said the number of new cases in the community has fallen from 104 cases two weeks ago to 76 in the past week.

The number of unlinked cases in the community in a week has also decreased from 17 cases to 12 over the same period.

There were also five imported cases who had already been placed on stay-home notice (SHN) or isolated on arrival in Singapore.

Four were detected on arrival in Singapore and the last case tested positive during SHN or isolation.

In total, there were 10 new coronavirus cases confirmed at noon on Tuesday, taking Singapore's tally to 62,563.

There are currently 34 active clusters of infection, down from 37 on Monday.

As at Tuesday noon, 49,445 more people received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine while another 5,298 got their second dose under the national vaccination programme.

A total of around 5.38 million doses covering around 3.28 million people in Singapore have been administered since Dec 30, 2020.

This means that 57.5 per cent of Singapore's population has been partially vaccinated while 36.8 per cent have received both doses.

On Tuesday, 129 patients remain in hospital. Most are well and under observation.

There are three in critical condition in the intensive care unit, all of whom are unvaccinated.

Of the 11 on oxygen support, six are aged above 60.

Over the past 28 days, three died and 20 required oxygen supplementation or were admitted to intensive care.

Among them, 20 were unvaccinated while two had one dose of the vaccine.

The remaining patient was fully vaccinated.

Singapore has had 36 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died of other causes.

THE STRAITS TIMES