Three more COVID-19 deaths, 3,577 new infections in Singapore

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported more than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases for the second day in a row on Wednesday (Oct 6), with three deaths from complications due to the coronavirus.

The fatalities involved Singaporean women aged between 68 and 102. All of them were unvaccinated against COVID-19 and had various underlying medical conditions, according to a report by channelnewsasia.com.

This takes Singapore's death toll from the virus to 133.

A total of 3,577 cases were reported as of noon on Wednesday, an increase from the 3,486 infections on Tuesday.

Among the new cases, 3,562 are locally transmitted, comprising 2,932 cases in the community and 630 in migrant worker dormitories.

Fifteen are imported cases, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its daily update released to the media at about 11.30pm.

As of Wednesday, Singapore has reported a total of 113,381 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.

Hospitalisations

A total of 1,520 patients are warded in hospital, most of them well and under observation, said MOH.

There are 255 patients who require oxygen supplementation and thirty-seven in the intensive care unit (ICU). Of those who have fallen extremely ill, 239 are above the age of sixty.

Over the last 28 days, there were 591 cases in need of oxygen supplementation and fifty-eight who were in the ICU. Of these, 50.5 per cent were fully vaccinated and 49.5 per cent were unvaccinated or partially vaccinated.

Active Clusters

MOH said it is “closely monitoring” eight active clusters. No new clusters were added to the list. 

Twenty-three new cases were linked to the cluster at MWS Christalite Methodist Home, bringing the total number of cases to seventy-six. 

Four dormitories are in the list of clusters: ASPRI-Westlite Papan Dormitory, Tampines Dormitory, Jurong Penjuru Dormitory 1, and 9 Defu South Street 1 Dormitory. 

The clusters at Learning Vision @ Changi Airport, Man Fatt Lam Elderly Joy Daycare Centre and Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre had one case added each. 

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