S’pore Reports 42nd COVID-19 Death, an Unvaccinated 80YO Woman

2021-08-08 , 10:29 am

The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 75 new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infections for 7 August 2021.

Out of the 75 cases, 59 are linked to previous cases and existing clusters.

Only 16 cases are currently unlinked.

Promising Trends for Local COVID-19 Cases

It does seem like the gahmen is getting a handle on this second wave of COVID-19 cases.

As reported by the MOH, the number of new cases in the community this week has decreased as compared to the previous week, from 868 to 611.

The number of unlinked cases has also decreased.

In the past week, the number of unlinked cases was 256.

This week, it’s just 170.

The number of new clusters has also reduced, with only 2 new clusters reported.

One of the clusters is linked to an individual, and the other is linked to Sin Ming 23 Coffee Shop.

There are still 128 active clusters as of now, with the Jurong Fishery Port/ Hong Lim Market & Food Centre still being the largest cluster to date with its 1,143 total number of cases.

Nine new cases have been added to the Jurong Fishery Port/ Hong Lim Market & Food Centre cluster on 7 August 2021.

However, that’s not the biggest increase for that day – the Westlite Juniper Dormitory cluster had 12 new cases added to its tally.

That being said, there’s still an overall downwards trend in the number of cases.

Almost Eight Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines Administered

As part of the national vaccination programme, 68% of the population in Singapore, or around 3.7 million people, has gotten two doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of 6 August 2021.

11% more, or approximately 600,000 individuals, is awaiting their second dose.

In total, almost eight million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have already been administered under the national vaccination programme, including 129,787 doses of Sinovac vaccines.

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Six Imported Cases

Four out of the six imported cases were detected when they developed symptoms during their SHN/isolation.

Only two cases were detected upon arrival in Singapore.

529 Active Cases and A Single Fatality

There are currently 529 confirmed cases who are still warded in the hospital.

Although most are well and under observation, there are 38 cases that are seriously ill and require oxygen supplementation.

Another four cases are in critical condition and are warded in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Of the 529 cases, 33 of them are seniors above the age of 60.

29 of them who are either partially vaccinated or unvaccinated have fallen seriously ill.

We’ve added one more to our COVID-19 death tally with the passing of an 80-year-old female Singaporean, bringing up the total deaths caused by COVID-19 to 42.

After developing symptoms on 21 July 2021 and testing positive for the virus, she was admitted to Tan Tock Seng Hospital two days later.

She was unvaccinated and had a history of diabetes, hypertension and atrial fibrillation.