Health
MOH confirms 77 new cases of COVID-19 infection; Total tally at 56,572
As of Thursday noon (27 Aug), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed an additional 77 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.
This brings the total number of infection cases to 56,572.
There are two cases in the community, both of whom are Singaporeans.
In addition, there are five imported cases, who had all been placed on Stay-Home Notice upon arrival in Singapore.
Of the new cases, 97% are imported or linked to known cases/ clusters, while the rest are pending contact tracing.
The following dormitories have been cleared by the Inter-agency Taskforce, and now house only recovered individuals and those who have recently tested negative for COVID-19 infection. As such, the clusters have now been closed:
- HSJV Dormitory
- 85 Kallang Dormitory
- SJ Dormitory
- Tuas South Apartments
- Woodlands Dormitory
- Woodlands Lodge I
- 9 Benoi Crescent
- 12 Defu Lane 7
- 25 Kaki Bukit Industrial Terrace
- 40 Kaki Bukit Industrial Terrace
- 80 Kaki Bukit Industrial Terrace
- 19 Kian Teck Avenue
- 7 Kian Teck Crescent
- 19 Kian Teck Road
- 12 Loyang Drive
- 47 Senoko Drive
- 5 Sixth Lok Yang Road
- 4 Sungei Kadut Street 2
- 6 Sungei Kadut Street 2
- 72 Tagore Lane
- 1020 Tai Seng Avenue
- 2 Tech Park Crescent
- 7 Tech Park Crescent
- 80 Tuas Avenue 1
- 3 Tuas Drive 1
- 51H Tuas South Avenue 1
- 69 Tuas South Avenue 1
- 128 Tuas South Avenue 3
- 6 Tuas South Street 2
- 81 Tuas South Street 5
- 57 Tuas View Walk 2
- 67 Tuas View Walk 2
- 11 Woodlands Industrial Park E1
- 210 Woodlands Industrial Park E5
- 212 Woodlands Industrial Park E5
- Clementi N2C3 construction site
- The Florence Residences construction site
- Grandwork Building
- Hai Leck Engineering Pte Ltd
- Stirling Residences construction site
- TTJ Design & Engineering Pte Ltd
No new clusters were identified.
Update on condition of confirmed cases
168 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 55,139 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.
There are currently 66 confirmed cases who are still in the hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and none is in the intensive care unit. 1,340 are isolated and cared for at community facilities. These are those who have mild symptoms or are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19.
27 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.
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