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【冠状病毒19】破五千大关! 4月17日新增623例确诊

根据卫生部文告,截至4月17日中午12时,本地新增623例冠状病毒19确诊病例,其中多达558名确诊病患来自客工宿舍,本地社区感染病例达27例。 这意味着,本地累计确诊病例已突破五千大关,累计5050例确诊。 卫生部在17日傍晚先行发布确诊人数。而根据最新资料,可得知有一起入境病例,惟来自客工宿舍的确诊病例仍居多。 入境病例为第5018例,是34岁马来西亚籍女子,1月29日至4月8日期间,人在马国。她是观明医院(Bright Vision Hospital)的护士,在本月16日出现症状后就没去上班,领居家通知。不过在17日确诊。 迄今为止,累计治愈病例708例,2113例仍留院治疗,其中22病重病患需待在加护病房。2218例康复良好、惟冠毒测试仍呈阳性反应的患者,则转移到社区隔离设施。 增一死亡病例  95岁公民逝世 迄今为止,本地累计死亡病例增至11例。第3145例,95岁的新加坡公民,因并发原因,于17日不幸逝世。他在本月13日确诊。 另一方面,有鉴于前日在卫生部发布文告前,坊间就已流传确诊病例数字,卫生部怀疑资料遭泄露,已报警让警方调查。