As of Friday afternoon (14 Feb), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed and verified nine additional cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.
Of these, six are linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God and one is linked to a previous case. Contact tracing of the other two cases is underway to establish any links to previous cases or travel history to China.
This makes a total of 67 confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore so far.
Links between previous cases found
Further epidemiological investigations and contact tracing have uncovered links between previously announced and new cases. This was made possible with the assistance of the Singapore Police Force.
a) Cases 8 and 9, as well as Cases 31, 33 and 38, are linked to The Life Church and Missions Singapore (146B Paya Lebar Road). This is a possible cluster involving five cases (Cases 8, 9, 31, 33 and 38).
b) Nine of the confirmed cases (Cases 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 34 and 40) are linked to the cluster associated with Yong Thai Hang (24 Cavan Road).
c) Three of the confirmed cases (Cases 30, 36 and 39) are linked to the private business meeting held at Grand Hyatt Singapore from 20 to 22 January.
d) Four of the confirmed cases (Cases 42, 47, 52 and 56) are linked to the Seletar Aerospace Heights construction site.
e) Thirteen of the confirmed cases (Cases 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 57 and 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67) are linked to the Grace Assembly of God.
Investigations on these clusters are ongoing.
Contact tracing is underway for the other nine locally transmitted cases to establish any links to previous cases or travel history to mainland China. Case 44 was a contact of Cases 13 and 26. Case 65 is linked to Cases 50 and 55.
About the confirmed cases
Case 59
Case 59 is a 61-year-old male Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to China. He is currently warded in an isolation room at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).
Case 60
Case 60 is a 51-year-old female Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to China. She is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID. She is linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God.
Case 61
Case 61 is a 57-year-old male Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to China. He is currently warded in an isolation room at the National University Hospital (NUH). He is linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God.
Case 62
Case 62 is a 44-year-old female Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to China. She is currently warded in an isolation room at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). She is linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God.
Cases 63 to 67
MOH has initiated epidemiological investigations and contact tracing to identify individuals who had close contact with the following cases who were confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 14 February morning.
- Case 63: 54-year-old female Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to China. She is linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God.
- Case 64: 50-year-old male Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to China.
- Case 65: 61-year-old female Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to China. She is a family member of Case 50 and Case 55.
- Case 66: 28-year-old male Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to China. He is linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God.
- Case 67: 56-year-old female Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to China. She is linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God and is a family member of Case 61.
Case 54 (Announced on 13 February)
Case 54 is a 55-year-old female Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to China. She is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID. She works at Grace Assembly of God (Tanglin) (355 Tanglin Road).
Case 55 (Announced on 13 February)
Case 55 is a 30-year-old male Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to China. He is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID. He is a family member of Case 50.
Case 56 (Announced on 13 February)
Case 56 is a 30-year-old male Bangladesh national with no recent travel history to China. He is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID. He is linked to the cluster at the Seletar Aerospace Heights construction site.
Case 57 (Announced on 13 February)
Case 57 is a 26-year-old male Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to China. He is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID. He is linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God.
Case 58 (Announced on 13 February)
Case 58 is a 55-year-old male Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to China. He is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID. He is linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God.
Update on condition of confirmed cases
To date, a total of 17 cases have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospital. Of the 50 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving. Six are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
Update on suspect cases
As of 14 February 2020, 12pm, 764 of the suspect cases have tested negative for COVID-19, and 67 have tested positive. Test results for the remaining 91 cases are pending.
Update on contact tracing for confirmed cases
Contact tracing for the confirmed cases is ongoing. Once identified, MOH will closely monitor all close contacts. As a precautionary measure, they will be quarantined for 14 days from their last exposure to the patient. In addition, all other identified contacts who have a low risk of being infected will be under active surveillance, and will be contacted daily to monitor their health status.
As of 13 February 2020, 12pm, MOH has identified 1368 close contacts. Of the 1247 who are still in Singapore, 1234 have been contacted and are being quarantined or isolated. Efforts are ongoing to contact the remaining 13 close contacts.
