Singapore’s COVID19 cases top 3,000 after 334 new cases were reported; Health Minister says the situation remains “critical”
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 334 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday , bringing the national total to 3,252.Of the new cases, 189 are linked to previously identified clusters and 23 are linked to other local cases.
A total of 122 are still unlinked, pending contact tracing. Of these, 24 are Singapore citizens and the remaining 98 are long-term pass holders.At a press conference held on Tuesday, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said that by and large, Singaporeans are takingMr Gan, who co-chairs the multi-ministry task force set up to handle the COVID-19 situation, said:"We remain in a critical situation, the number of cases has been increasing.
"This increase is likely to continue as we undertake more testing in the dormitories. The outbreak in the foreign worker dormitories has become an important front in our fight against COVID-19," he said.have been declared isolation areas, meaning residents have to be quarantined in their rooms.
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