As of Saturday noon (28 Aug), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed an additional 121 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.
This brings the total number of infection cases to 67,181.
There are 113 new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection, of which 25 are linked to the growing Bugis Junction cluster.
Of the remaining 88 locally transmitted infections, 32 were linked to previous cases and had been placed in quarantine. Another 27 linked cases were detected through surveillance testing.
29 are currently unlinked.
In addition, there are eight imported cases, who were placed on stay-home notice or isolated upon arrival.
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, 369 cases are currently warded in hospital. Most are well and under observation. There are currently 13 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and six in critical condition in the intensive care unit (ICU).
“As of 26 August 2021, 79% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, and 83% has received at least one dose.”
“As of 26 August 2021, we have administered a total of 8,647,565 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme (Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty and Moderna), covering 4,494,681 individuals, with 4,278,869 individuals having completed the full vaccination regimen.”
“In addition, 163,009 doses of other vaccines recognised in the World Health Organization’s Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL) have been administered as of 26 August 2021, covering 85,390 individuals. In total, 79% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, and 83% has received at least one dose.” the Ministry added.
In August alone, 18 individuals have died so far. In total, 55 individuals in Singapore have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.
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”.
