As of Wednesday noon (11 Aug), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed an additional 63 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.
This brings the total number of infection cases to 65,953.
There are 61 new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection, of which 33 are linked to previous cases and have already been placed on quarantine.
11 are linked to previous cases and were detected through surveillance. 17 are currently unlinked.
Amongst the cases are three seniors above 70 years who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, and are at risk of serious illness, said MOH.
In addition, there are two new imported cases, who were placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. Both were detected upon arrival in Singapore.
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, 508 cases are currently warded in hospital.
There are currently 32 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 11 in critical condition in the intensive care unit (ICU). Six amongst these 43 cases are fully vaccinated.
Of those who have fallen very ill, 35 are seniors above 60 years, of whom 29 are completely unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, said MOH.
“As of 9 August 2021, we have administered a total of 8,145,237 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme (Pfizer-BioNTech/ Comirnaty and Moderna), covering 4,373,550 individuals, with 3,897,650 individuals having completed the full vaccination regimen,” said MOH.
“In addition, 131,186 doses of other vaccines recognised in the World Health Organization’s Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL) have been administered as of 9 August 2021, covering 80,459 individuals.
“In total, 72% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, and 81% has received at least one dose.”
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”.