60 New Covid-19 Cases Reported Today (26 Aug); 3 Cases In The Community


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As of 12pm on 26 Aug 2020, the Ministry of Health (MOH) preliminarily reported 60 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Singapore to 56,495.

There are three cases in the community, 1 Singaporean and 2 work pass holders.

There are also 10 imported cases, all of whom were placed on Stay-Home-Notice (SHN) the moment they arrived in Singapore.

More Details On 25 Aug Cases

Yesterday, Singapore reported its lowest daily figure since Mar 2020.

It has 31 new Covid-19 cases.

There are no cases in the community and one imported case, a Singapore PR who returned from India to Singapore on 13 Aug 2020.

She has been placed on SHN since arriving in Singapore and was tested positive on Monday.

The other 30 cases come from migrant workers living in dormitories.

It was added that 26 of the cases were tested during quarantine to verify their status.

The remaining 4 cases came from the bi-weekly routine testing that migrant workers from the construction, marine and processes sector have to undergo.

No new places were added to MOH’s list of places Covid-19 patients have been to.

The number of community cases in Singapore has remained stable at 2 per day while the number of unlinked cases similarly stabilised at 1 per day.

There are 78 Covid-19 patients still in the hospitals, with none in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and 1,514 Covid-19 cases recovering in the community facilities.

MOH’s Response About the People Who Flew to China from S’pore & Tested Positive for COVID-19

A few days ago, it was alleged that 14 passengers who had flew from Singapore to Tianjin, a city in China, were COVID-19 positive.

11 of them were apparently working in the construction industry in Singapore.


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All of them were between the age of 37 and 51.

According to reports, when they landed in Tianjin, they were all asymptomatic with 36.5°C body temperature recorded upon arrival.

However, China did a COVID-19 test on them and ta-da: they turned out to be COVID-19 positive.

Remember back in May when MOH announced the new discharge procedure?


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If not, here’s a recap: instead of waiting for anyone to be completely cleared of the virus, MOH is doing a “time-based discharge”, whereby COVID-19 patients in Singapore who are assessed to be clinically well by day 21 of the illness can be discharged.

This time-based discharged is recommended by WHO as well, and other countries are doing that too to avoid overcrowding the hospitals as studies have shown that COVID-19 patients won’t be infectious after a certain period of time from the onset of symptoms.

However, they’d still tested positive for the virus due to the “viral fragments”—which is kind of like dead virus lah.

This viral fragments had then made authorities worried in March when they thought people had been re-infected.

So, here’s how this is linked to this current story: according to MOH, 12 out of the 14 have recovered, which meant they’ve gone through “time-based discharge”.

And it’s completely normal for them to test positive for the coronavirus as the viral fragments can stay in the body for months.


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As for the remaining two cases, MOH is now getting more information from the Chinese authorities to investigate the cases.