Earlier this month, it was predicted that we might have 40,000 confirmed cases by the end of this month.
But it seems like it would be lower than that if this trend continues.
Today, there are 548 cases reported.
This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 31,616 cases.
Out of today’s cases, 3 are Singaporeans or Singapore PRs.
A majority of the cases are work permit holders living in dormitories.
On average, based on yesterday’s numbers, the number of new cases in the community has increased, from an average of 5 cases per day in the week before, to an average of 7 per day in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased, from an average of 1 case per day in the week before, to an average of 2 per day in the past week.
The sudden increase, compared to a few days ago whereby we often see a decrease instead, is partly due to MOH’s active surveillance and screening of nursing home residents and pre-school staff, which have picked up more cases in the past week.
For example, this screening has found 7 COVID-19 staff members who work in pre-schools.
7 Out of About 15K Pre-School Staff Have Tested Positive for COVID-19
So far, as of yesterday, 7 pre-school teachers have tested positive for Covid-19.
The one-time compulsory swab tests started on 15 May and are expected to complete at the end of this month.
ECDA revealed that other than the 7 pre-school teachers, about 15,300 tests came back negative.
The colleagues and kids who were recently been in the pre-schools at the same time as the positive cases are given a 14-day Leave of Absence (LOA) as a precautionary measure.
Only a small number of students and teachers are affected as pre-schools are only offering limited services during the circuit breaker period.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) is currently doing contact tracing and close contacts will be served a quarantine order (QO).
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