17 COVID-19 Cases Today (25 Mar); All Are Imported Cases

Guess what? There hasn’t been any community case in Singapore for 13 straight days.

As of 12pm today (25 March), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 17 new cases of COVID-19 infection.

All of them are imported cases.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 60,253.

Based on yesterday’s figures, the number of new cases in the community has decreased from 2 cases in the week before to none in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased from 2 cases in the week before to none in the past week.

Updates on Vaccination Numbers

As of 23 March, more than a million doses have been administered. Over 799,000 individuals have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Amongst them, around 310,000 individuals have received their second doses and completed the full vaccination regimen.

In particular, there has been good progress since 22 February in vaccinating the seniors, starting first with those aged 70 years and above. With more regular deliveries of vaccine supplies, the vaccination of seniors aged 60 to 69 years old was brought forward by two weeks to mid-March 2021.

More than 55% of the seniors have received their vaccination or made appointments to do so.

Read more about yesterday’s COVID-19 press conference where some restrictions are eased here.

128 Active Cases

There are currently 25 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and none is in the intensive care unit.

103 are isolated and cared for at community facilities. These are those who have mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19.

30 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.

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