As of Friday noon (30 July), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed an additional 139 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.

This brings the total number of infection cases to 64,861.

There are 131 new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection, of which 28 are linked to the Jurong Fishery Port cluster and one belongs to the KTV cluster.

Of the 131 cases today, 64 are linked to previous cases and have already been placed on quarantine. 15 are linked to previous cases and were detected through surveillance.

52 are currently unlinked.

Amongst the cases is one senior above 70 years who is partially vaccinated and is at risk of serious illness, said MOH.

In addition, there are eight new imported cases, who have been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. Two were detected upon arrival, while six developed the illness during SHN or isolation period.

The Ministry will share further updates in its press release tonight.

Condition of confirmed cases & progress of national vaccination programme

According to last night’s press release, 572 cases are currently warded in hospital. Most are well and under observation.

There are currently 30 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and three in critical condition in the intensive care unit (ICU). One amongst these 33 cases is fully vaccinated, but requires ICU care as she has underlying medical conditions.

24 seniors above 60 years, of whom 23 are completely unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, have fallen very ill.

“As of 28 July 2021, we have administered a total of 7,365,873 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme,” said MOH.

“The total number of doses administered was 7,365,873, covering 4,278,760 individuals. 3,208,556 individuals have completed the full vaccination regimen, consisting of 121,443 recovered persons who received at least one dose and 3,087,113 who received their second dose.”

“In addition, 95,029 doses of Sinovac vaccines have been administered as of 28 July 2021, covering 71,810 individuals.”

MOH to stop providing details of COVID-19 community cases

As Singapore moves towards a new phase of battling the pandemic, the MOH said in a statement on 29 June that it will no longer disclose details of each new COVID-19 case detected in the community.

“Besides daily numbers, we will include information on the key trends of the local situation, clusters we are monitoring, progress of vaccination and the number of people who suffered a severe form of the disease,” said the Ministry.

According to the MOH, this decision was made by the COVID-19 multi-ministry task force, with a “strong focus on preventing the virus from spreading, vaccinating our population and starting the process to transit to a new normal”.

Subscribe
Notify of
21 Comments
Newest
Oldest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
You May Also Like

Neo contradicts his former boss Kuek saying there is no “deep-seated cultural issues” in SMRT

At a media briefing today (16 Nov), the new SMRT CEO LG…

人民之声邀民众传达心声 学前教师诉生活成本压垮低收入家庭

新加坡人民之声党,透过网络邀请民众传达心声,其中一名学前教育老师维格丝(Vignes Ramachandran),就叙述低收入家庭被生活成本高,压得透不过气。 她指出,特别是年轻家庭,家中若已有小孩上学,就面对教育费等种种压力。“如果他们长期对水电费、柴米油盐、教育、交通、房贷等开销倍感焦虑和压力,他们又要如何照顾好家庭?” 他也提及年轻家庭如今成了“夹心层一代”。事实上本社去年7月就报导,华侨银行的金融健康指数调查显示,需要同时照顾年迈父母和自己孩子的夹心一代,有一半仍努力应对生活负担,他们的财务状况堪忧。 父曾轻微中风 维格丝续指,然而好些低收入家庭,赚取的薪酬在本地仍不算高。还有些家庭在仓库当包装员工作12小时,每月却仅有1400元薪资。 她阐述自身经验,自己的大学学费是父亲公积金承担;小学时期都是领免费课本,因为家里实在太穷,父亲当时还仍从轻微中风康复中。而父亲曾当过文员,月薪却只有900元。母亲则要帮忙看孩子帮补家用。 但维格丝遗憾表示,这不仅仅是她一个家庭的心酸,实则这也是本地不少家庭的苦衷,例如近期一位待产妈妈为了孩子小六PSLE考试费用,不得不驾私召车赚外快。

The “freak result” bogeyman

Ng E-Jay The old playbook of the People’s Action Party (PAP) has…

入住文华酒店隔离13人确诊 500员工需做检测

昨日(20日),卫生部文告揭露有13人入住乌节文华酒店,履行居家通知,但先后确诊感染冠病。 尽管13人来自不同国家,但体内病毒基因排序非常相似,卫生部怀疑他们是在本地感染,因此下令酒店停止接受访客,同时酒店约500员工都要接受冠病检测。 该酒店也进行深度清洁和消毒工作,现有履行居家通知的住客,则被安排前往其他指定隔离设施。 上述13名确诊者,分别来自巴林、加拿大、印尼、缅甸、荷兰、菲律宾、韩国、阿联酋、英国和美国,是在10月22日指11月11日期间,在该酒店履行居家通知。 不过,他们在11月2日至11日期间确诊。 根据卫生部文告,昨日新增17例新增冠病病例,就有九例来自印尼、其中六人是持工作准证的女性,另三人是船员。 此外,还有一名埃及籍船员,他们从印尼抵达新加坡后都不曾下船,在船上接受检测后确诊。 另有两名来自印度的持工作准证女性,以及一名从英国回国的22岁本地男公民;两名永久居民,分别是从印度回国的九岁女童,以及从美国返国的24岁女子。 有三名持短期准证入境的病例,包括从马国入境的54岁马国男子;两名73岁英籍男子和37岁印度籍男子,则是到本地探访家属。 本地累计确诊病例达到5万8403例。