41 New Covid-19 Cases Reported Today (31 Aug); 3 Cases In The Community

As of 12pm on Monday, 30 Aug, the Ministry of Health (MOH) preliminarily reported 41 new Covid-19 cases.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 56,812.

Three of the cases are community cases, all of them work pass holders.

There are also seven imported cases, all of whom were placed on Stay-Home-Notice (SHN) upon arrival in Singapore.

MOH Investigating If Covid-19 Rules Are Breached After Yesterday’s Cases

Let it be a lesson to you if you haven’t learned it yet: just because the police doesn’t break down the doors and arrest you when you had a party, it doesn’t mean you’re safe.

As the badminton organiser has experienced, if anyone involved in the illegal gathering gets infected and lead the authorities to your illegal party, you’ll still have to pay for breaking the rules.

On 30 Aug, 8 community cases were reported and out of the eight, 5 were from the same family cluster spanning two households.

The new cluster includes two men aged 20 and 21, two girls aged 14 and 17, and a 12-year-old boy, all of whom are Singaporeans, reported The Straits Times.

The group started showing symptoms between 25 Aug and 29 Aug, except the 12-year-old boy who is asymptomatic.

All five in the cluster are linked to Case 56627 – a 13-year-old boy who was confirmed as a case on 26 Aug.

How?

By participating in family gatherings, of course.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) said it’s investigating to see if there were any breaches of safe distancing rules during these gatherings.

“We take a serious view of such breaches and will not hesitate to take enforcement actions against any offenders”, MOH said.

In case you don’t know and have been throwing parties every day since Phase 1 ended, only small group gatherings of up to five people are allowed. Similarly, each household may only receive up to five visitors per day.

Fortunately, the cluster of five was quarantined once they were identified as contacts of Case 56627. They were later tested during quarantine and found to have contracted the disease.

New Cluster At Excelsior Mall SLR Revolution

In other news, the popular camera shop SLR Revolution was declared a Covid-19 cluster by MOH after 4 Covid-19 cases were linked to the shop.

One of the cases in the community reported yesterday was a 57-year-old Singaporean man who worked together with the first Covid-19 case detected within the shop.

He has been on quarantine since his colleague had tested positive on 20 Aug 2020.

SLR Revolution previously took to their Facebook page to share that all of the Excelsior branch employees have been placed on quarantine and tested negative for the infection.

However, late last night, the brand took to their Facebook page to announce that, unfortunately, one of their numbers tested positive for the second round of tests.

Previously, it was mentioned by MOH that the coronavirus has an average incubation period of 4 to 5 days so sometimes, you might already have the virus but it won’t be detectable yet.

With the addition of the 57-year-old, there are now four Covid-19 cases from the shop and the Ministry of Health (MOH) declared it a new Covid-19 cluster.

So far, MOH says they’ve managed to identify and contact 240 people, out of which, 224 are already tested and their results are pending.

The number of community cases has increased slightly to an average of three cases a day in the past week, from two in the week before.

Places Added To MOH’s List Of Places Covid-19 Patients Visited

On Sunday, Old Airport Road Food Centre and Shopping Mall and Westgate’s Bank of China branch were added to MOH’s list of public places visited by infectious Covid-19 cases.

The Bank of China at Westgate was patronised between 2.30pm and 3.30pm on 22 Aug, and Old Airport Road Food Centre and Shopping Mall between 10.15am and 11am on 23 Aug.

You can view the full list here.

There’s no need to avoid these places though, as they’ve been thoroughly disinfected. Just monitor your health if you visited these places at the specified times, and see a doctor if you’re unwell.

And please stop organising and participating in family gatherings that breach the current safe distancing rules.