Singapore reports 741 new COVID-19 cases

JUST IN: Singapore reports 741 new COVID19 cases; 5 are Singaporeans or permanent residents: MOH

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 741 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Thursday , taking the country's total to 20,939.

The vast majority of these are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories, said the Ministry of Health in its daily update of preliminary figures.Five of the new cases are Singaporeans or permanent residents. Further details will be shared later in the day, said the ministry. More than four weeks have passed since Singapore rolled out elevated safe distancing measures as part of a"circuit breaker" period to curb the spread of the coronavirus. On Wednesday, the number of cases in the country

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