COVID-19: Singapore confirms 642 new cases, total at 31,068 via yahoosg
Of them, the vast majority are foreign workers living in dormitories, said the ministry, while six cases are Singaporeans or permanent residents.Dozens of clusters linked to foreign worker dorms have been identified thus far, including Singapore’s largest cluster of over 2,500 cases linked to S11 Dormitory@Punggol, followed by Sungei Tengah Lodge, Tuas View Dormitory and Jurong Penjuru Dormitory.
Some 20,000 infected foreign workers are expected to be discharged by end-May, said National Development Minister Lawrence Wong at a press conference last Tuesday.Almost 13,000 discharged in totalWith 838 more cases of COVID-19 infection discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities, a total of 12,955 cases here have fully recovered from the infection, said the ministry on Friday.
Over 16,000 cases with mild symptoms or are clinically well but still test positive are isolated and cared for at community facilities. “Only cases where the attending doctor or pathologist attributes the primary or underlying cause of death as due to COVID-19 infection will be added to the COVID-19 death count,” said the MOH in previous press releases, adding that the method of assessment is consistent with international practices for classifying deaths.
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