Covid-19: Only 25 out of 897 cases within community, 9 new clusters announced

[UPDATED 11.50PM]

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported 897 new coronavirus cases in Singapore today (April 24). Out of these, there are 25 cases in the community, 19 cases involving work permit holders residing outside dormitories, and 853 cases of work permit holders residing in dormitories.

MOH confirmed that 68 per cent of the new cases are linked to known clusters, while the rest is currently being investigated through contact tracing. 

Nine new coronavirus clusters were announced:

• Alaunia Lodge (Admiralty Road West)
• SSKBJV Dormitory (31A Tanah Merah Coast Road)
• Westlite Juniper (23 Mandai Estate)
• Natureland East Coast (907 East Coast Road)
• Strand Hotel (25 Bencoolen Street)
• 112 Neythal Road
• 10 Shaw Road
• 2 Sungei Kadut Avenue
• 11 Tuas Avenue

Existing clusters are still being monitored for further transmissions, but the cluster at PCF Sparkletots Preschool @ Fengshan Block 126 Bedok North Street 2 has been closed after no more cases were found to be linked. 

There have been no deaths and no imported cases today, but MOH confirmed that there have been 25 cases within the community. 13 of the cases are Singaporeans/Permanent Residents, while 12 are on work passes. 

The ministry declared that the number of new cases in the community has decreased from an average of 31 cases per day to an average of 25 per day in the past week. Likewise, the number of unlinked cases within the community has decreased from an average of 20 cases per day to an average of 17 per day in the past week. 

38 more cases of Covid-19 have since been discharged from hospitals and community isolation facilities. 

Of the 1,229 cases who are still in hospital, most are in stable condition or improving. 24 are in critical condition, while 9,878 cases who are clinically well but still test positive for Covid-19 are isolated and cared for at community facilities. 

This brings the total number of cases to 12,075, with 956 patients discharged and 12 deaths.

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