As of Sunday noon (15 Aug), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed an additional 53 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.
This brings the total number of infection cases to 66,172.
There are 50 new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection, of which 30 are linked to previous cases and have been placed on quarantine.
6 are linked to previous cases and were detected through surveillance. 14 are currently unlinked.
In addition, there are three imported cases, who have already been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. All were detected upon arrival in Singapore, said MOH.
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, 451 cases are currently warded in hospital.
There are currently 26 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and nine in critical condition in
Six amongst these 35 cases are fully vaccinated. Of those who have fallen very ill, 31 are seniors above 60 years, of whom 25 are completely unvaccinated or partially vaccinated.
As of 13 August 2021, a total of 8,343,303 doses of COVID-19 vaccines has been administered under the national vaccination programme (Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty and Moderna), covering 4,413,484 individuals, with 4,058,584 individuals having completed the full vaccination regimen.
In addition, 145,688 doses of other vaccines recognised in the World Health Organization’s Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL) have been administered as of 13 August 2021, covering 83,327 individuals.
“In total, 75% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, and 81% has received at least one dose.” said MOH.
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”.
