383 COVID-19 Cases Today (26 May): Low Number is Due to Fewer Tests Being Conducted

Today’s the day that we’ve all been looking forward to—not because of the COVID-19 cases but because DPM Heng is taking it to the stage to tell us about a new support package.

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As for the number of cases, today, MOH reported 383 cases. The lower number of cases reported today is partly due to fewer tests being conducted.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 32,343.

Out of today’s cases, 1 is a Singaporean or Singapore PR.

A majority of the cases are work permit holders living in dormitories.

On average, based on yesterday’s number, number of new cases in the community has increased, from an average of 4 cases per day in the week before, to an average of 7 per day in the past week. This 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. The number of unlinked cases in the community has remained stable at an average of 2 per day in the past two weeks.

And in an effort to combat the virus, MOH has a trick up its sleeve: providing the public with the places that a COVID-19 patient has been to.

MOH Started Listing Down Where COVID-19 Cases Have Been

Released for the first time yesterday, the list will contain information on the date, place and time of visits by community cases during their infectious period that is more than 30 minutes.

There are currently two entries on the list:

20 May 2020 / 1630h to 1800h / Jurong Point (NTUC FairPrice)

21 May 2020 / 1730h to 1830h / Jurong Point (Shokhutsu Ten Japanese Food Street)

That’s right, both are at Jurong Point.

MOH is asking for anyone who has visited the same locations during the above-mentioned timing to monitor your health for a period of 14 days.

MOH says, “They should see a doctor promptly if they develop symptoms of acute respiratory infection (such as cough, sore throat and runny nose), as well as fever and loss of taste or smell, and inform the doctor of their exposure history.”

The list will be updated on a “rolling 14-day basis” (read: minus 14 days from the date of symptoms showing up) to account for the incubation period of the coronavirus.

It will also exclude public transport, their homes, workplaces and healthcare facilities.

Close contacts, MOH added, would already have been notified by them.

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