SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced 741 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore on Thursday (May 7), taking the total count to 20,939.
Five Singaporeans and permanent residents are among the new patients.The ministry said more details will be released later on Thursday.
The other patient is a 73-year-old Singaporean man who died on Wednesday. He was also confirmed to have Covid-19 on April 7, and had a history of hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and diabetes mellitus. MOH had said on Wednesday that it picked up more cases in dormitories because of extensive testing. Most of these cases are mild and are being monitored in community isolation facilities or the general wards of hospitals.
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