SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): There are 169 new Covid-19 (coronavirus) patients confirmed as of Friday noon (July 3), taking Singapore's total to 44,479.
They include 11 community cases, comprising three Singaporeans or permanent residents, and eight work pass holders, said the Ministry of Health on Friday.Migrant workers living in dormitories make up the vast majority of the other cases.
On Thursday, MOH said it had placed 58 households in Block 111, Tampines Street 11 under active phone surveillance and was facilitating Covid-19 testing for them and their visitors. The 36-year-old work pass holder was among 188 new coronavirus cases confirmed by the ministry on Thursday. Another three cases were detected by MOH's proactive surveillance of people deployed to front-line Covid-19 operations, even though they are asymptomatic.The two work permit holders had been identified as contacts of previously confirmed cases, and had already been quarantined.The MOH also announced two new clusters in dormitories at 7 Gambas Crescent and 17 Tuas View Close.
Singapore has had 26 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 12 who tested positive have died of other causes. Meanwhile, crude oil prices rose as a bigger-than-expected drop in U.S. crude stockpiles as well as plunging output from Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries producers boosted market sentiment.
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