Well, at least there’s something special today: there’s no imported case reported.
As of 12pm today (12 Aug), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 59 new cases of COVID-19 infection.
All of them are community cases, and 19 of them are unlinked.
Based on yesterday’s number, the number of new cases in the community has decreased from 758 cases in the week before to 448 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased from 227 cases in the week before to 129 cases in the past week.
The 7-day moving average number of all linked community cases and all unlinked community cases are 45.6 and 18.4 respectively.
69YO Singaporean Man Dies From COVID-19 Complications
A 69-year-old Singaporean man passed away due to COVID-19 complications yesterday (11 Aug), becoming the country’s 43rd coronavirus fatality.
The man had a history of stroke, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperlipidaemia, which occurs when there’s a high level of cholesterol or triglycerides in the blood.
The man first developed symptoms on 28 Jul, and was admitted to Tan Tock Seng Hospital a day later where he tested positive for COVID-19.
The man was not vaccinated against COVID-19. He’s become the sixth coronavirus fatality in August.
508 Cases in Hospitals; 8,193,151COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered
508 cases are currently warded in hospital. There are currently 35 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 8 in critical condition in the ICU. 7 amongst these 43 cases are fully vaccinated.
Of those who have fallen very ill, 36 are seniors above 60 years, of whom 29 are completely unvaccinated or partially vaccinated.
As of yesterday, there are currently 118 active clusters, ranging between 3 and 1,151 infections.
As of 10 August 2021, we have administered a total of 8,193,151 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme (Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty and Moderna), covering 4,383,631 individuals, with 3,936,162 individuals having completed the full vaccination regimen.
In addition, 138,879 doses of other vaccines recognised in the World Health Organization’s Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL) have been administered as of 10 August 2021, covering 82,406 individuals.
In total, 72% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, and 81% has received at least one dose.
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