75 New Covid-19 Cases Reported Today (9 Sep); 1 Case In The Community

Whelp, you know what they say.

When you’re at your lowest, there’s no way else but up, and it seems this holds true for daily Covid-19 cases too.

On Monday, 7 Sep, Singapore reported its lowest number of Covid-19 cases since 22 Mar, 22 cases.

And since then, it’s been increasing.

As of 12pm on 9 Sep 2020, the Ministry of Health (MOH) preliminarily reported 75 new Covid-19 cases.

This brings the total number of cases to 57,166.

Thankfully, the number of community cases are pretty stable so far and today only has 1 new case in the community: a work pass holder.

There are 14 imported cases, all of whom have been placed on Stay-Home-Notice (SHN) since arrival in Singapore.

Among the 60 cases from dormitories, more than half of them (31) are from Westlite Toh Guan dormitory.

47 Cases Reported On Tuesday (8 Sept)

While the number of cases yesterday more than doubled from the previous day, no community cases were reported.

All 47 infections reported on Tuesday were asymptomatic, including one imported case; a one-year-old Singaporean infant who had returned from India on 24 Aug.

He was placed on stay-home notice upon arrival in Singapore and was tested during his stay.

Despite the jump in infections, MOH had some good news for us: the number of community cases reported daily decreased from an average of three the week before to two in the past week.

However, the number of unlinked community cases in a week has increased from a daily average of one to two over the same period.

And that’s not the end of the bad news.

New Dorm Cluster Reported

A newly-confirmed case at the S11 Dormitory @ Punggol was linked to 13 previous infections, forming a new dormitory cluster.

This dormitory was previously the largest cluster in the country, with 2,846 cases, before MOH closed it on 8 Aug.

More cases were also linked to existing clusters, according to CNA.

The good thing is that only 22 new infections were reported on Monday (7 Sept) which is the lowest number of daily infections reported since 22 March.

Let’s hope we continue to see these low numbers.

3 Food Courts In NTU Were Visited By Covid-19 Cases & New Dorm Cluster Reported

Several food courts were among the locations added to MOH’s long list, three of which were in Nanyang Technological University (NTU), according to the Ministry of Health (MOH).

The three food courts are:

• Quad Cafe at NTU’s School of Biological Sciences
• Korean eatery Paik’s Bibim in NTU’s North Spine Plaza
• North Spine Food Court

The food court Essen at The Pinnacle @ Duxton was also added to the list, along with Yuhua Market & Hawker Centre and Apgujeong Hair Studio in Jem.

As always, there’s no need to panic and avoid these places. The National Environment Agency will work with the management of the affected premises to ensure it is thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.

Those who visited the new locations, which is pretty much NTU students this time, should monitor their health for 14 days from their date of visit, though.

If you develop symptoms of acute respiratory infection, such as a cough, sore throat, runny nose, a fever, as well as loss of taste or smell, please see a doctor immediately.