As of Saturday noon (26 Sep), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed an additional 20 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.
All new cases today are asymptomatic and were detected from the screening and surveillance.
This brings the total number of infection cases to 57,685
There is 1 case in the community, who is a Work Pass holder.
However, there are five new imported cases, both of whom had been placed on Stay-Home Notice upon arrival in Singapore.
Of the new cases, 90% are imported or linked to known cases/ clusters, while the rest are pending contact tracing.
No new clusters were identified.
Update on condition of confirmed cases
19 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 57,359 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.
There are currently 25 confirmed cases who are still in the hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and none is in the intensive care unit. 274 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.
