48 COVID-19 Cases Today (15 Jul); 42 are Community Cases With 33 Linked to KTV Cluster

Last week, we thought we were in the clear with our single-digit community cases but in the short span of barely 72 hours, we are back to double-digit cases. When will all this end?

As of 12pm today (15 Jul), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 48 new cases of COVID-19 infection.

42 of them are community infections, with 33 linked to the KTV cluster. The remaining 6 are imported cases.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 62,852.

Based on yesterday’s number, the number of new cases in the community has increased from 24 cases in the week before to 88 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased from 7 cases in the week before to 15 cases in the past week.

The 7-day moving average number of all linked community cases and all unlinked community cases are 10.4 and 2.1 respectively.

Alleged Photos of Infected Vietnamese Social Hostesses Leaked

On 13 July, photos of at least four Vietnamese women started being circulated on messaging platforms like WeChat and WhatsApp, with captions that implied they were the newest COVID-19 cases linked to the KTV cluster.

The purpose of this circulation was apparently to inform those who had come into contact with these women to get themselves tested for COVID-19. The photos then got put up online with the same message from a KTV lounge manager.

An interview conducted by Lianhe Wanbao with Meiji, a mama-san in charge of women working in KTV lounges and club lounges, revealed that the four Vietnamese women were indeed new COVID-19 cases, but clarified that they were not managed by her.

She shared that she only met the four women when she transferred over to Empress KTV a week ago and that the social hostesses usually worked at different KTV lounges to accompany guests.

Allegedly Leaked by ‘Competitors’

It seems that the photos were allegedly shared by ‘competitors’ of the four social hostesses from other KTV lounges, according to Meiji, but she wasn’t sure if they were truly trying to raise awareness or simply trying to put the four women down in light of their rivalry.

Despite this, Meiji urged the public to stop spreading the photos of the women as they were already suffering from COVID-19.

Read the full article here.

125 Cases in Hospitals; 6,440,735 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered

125 cases are currently warded in hospital. Most are well and under observation. There are currently 8 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 1 in critical condition in the intensive care unit (ICU).

There are 3 new clusters (Case 64642, Case 64735 and Case 64752 clusters) today. In total, there are currently 25 active clusters, ranging between 3 and 94 infections.

As of 13 July 2021, we have administered a total of 6,440,735 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme. The total number of doses administered was 6,440,735, covering 4,052,434 individuals. 2,420,824 individuals have completed the full vaccination regimen, consisting of 32,523 recovered persons who received at least one dose and 2,388,301 who received their second dose.

Featured Image: Facebook (Supreme KTV)