18 COVID-19 Cases Today (3 Apr); 1 is a Community Case

Exactly one year ago, on 3 April 2020, PM Lee announced the Circuit Breaker and people all over Singapore cried.

One year later, people aren’t even clicking into daily reports like this article.

As of 12pm today (3 Apr), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 18 new cases of COVID-19 infection.

17 of them are imported cases while 1 is a community case.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 60,468.

Based on yesterday’s figures, the number of new cases in the community has increased from 1 case in the week before to 2 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased from 1 case in the week before to 2 cases in the past week.

244 Active Cases

There are currently 40 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and 1 is in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

204 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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