Health
23 new cases of COVID-19 infection in S’pore; 1 case in the community
As of Sunday noon (18 Apr), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed an additional 23 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.
This brings the total number of infection cases to 60,831.
There are one new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection.
“Based on our investigations so far, both cases are in the community, and there are no new cases in the dormitories,” said MOH.
In addition, there are 22 imported cases, who had been placed on Stay-Home Notice or isolated upon arrival in Singapore.
The Ministry will share further updates in its press release tonight.
MOH excludes those who have recovered from old COVID-19 infection from daily count
From 5 February, newly arrived Work Permit and S Pass holders in the Construction, Marine and Process (CMP) sectors, foreign domestic workers, and confinement nannies who have recent travel history to higher-risk countries and regions have been progressively required to undergo mandatory on-arrival polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and serology tests.
“These have enabled us to quickly identify persons who have recovered from an old COVID-19 infection, and are no longer infective to others by the time they arrived in Singapore, and to exclude them from our daily case count,” said MOH.
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