10 COVID-19 Cases Today (9 Oct) & 9 of Them Are Imported Cases

From the headline, you’d be able to tell that things have gone pretty well in Singapore so far.

Today, as of 12 pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 10 new cases of COVID-19 infection.

This brings the total number of cases to 57,859

Just like yesterday, there’s no community case.

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There are 9 imported cases, and they’ve all been placed on Stay-Home Notice upon arrival in Singapore.

On average, based on yesterday’s numbers, the number of new cases in the community has remained stable at an average of 1 case per day in the past 2 weeks.

The number of unlinked cases in the community has also remained stable at an average of fewer than 1 case per day in the past 2 weeks.

No New Places Added to List of Places Infectious COVID-19 Cases Have Been

Lest you’re not aware, there isn’t any new community case yesterday (9 Oct), so there’s no new places added to the list of places infectious COVID-19 have been to.

There are 35 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and 1 is still in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

119 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.

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

You can help keep the virus at bay by downloading the TraceTogether app. For more info about the app, watch this video to the end: