One step forward, and one step back. COVID-19 is always here to screw up our progress when we think we’re doing well; after a period of seemingly good progress, we’re back to double-digit community cases. Hopefully, we don’t get too huge of a coronavirus “explosion”.
As of 12pm today (16 Jun), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 24 new cases of COVID-19 infection.
19 of them are community cases, with 3 currently unlinked. The remaining five are imported cases.
This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 62,339.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has decreased from 93 cases in the week before to 60 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has increased from 10 cases in the week before to 18 cases in the past week.
Bukit Merah View Food Centre to Extend Closure After 9 More Cases Were Linked to the Cluster
Yesterday (16 Jun), 14 new COVID-19 cases were recorded, all of which were community cases. Five of them were unlinked.
Amongst the 14, nine more community cases were linked to the cluster at 115 Bukit Merah View Market & Food Centre, namely:
- A 37-year-old Indian female who is a food stall vendor at 115 Bukit Merah View Market & Food Centre
- A 77-year-old Singaporean man who works as a food stall vendor at 115 Bukit Merah View Market & Food Centre
- A 39-year-old Indian man who is a food stall vendor at 115 Bukit Merah View Market & Food Centre
- A 30-year-old Indian man who works as a supervisor at Keong Hong Construction Pte Ltd
- A 33-year-old female Singapore Permanent Resident who is a cleaner employed by SATS Facility Management
- An 87-year-old Singaporean man who is a retiree
- A 35-year-old Indian man who works as a sales executive at Halnaz Frozen Goods Pte Ltd
- A 35-year-old Singaporean woman who is a teacher at KidsCampus (Chai Chee)
- A 72-year-old Singaporean man who is a retiree
Since there are now 25 cases linked to the cluster, the Bukit Merah Market and Food Centre will now be shut for another two weeks until 26 June, instead of the original plan to reopen today (16 Jun).
In addition to quarantining all staff and tenants working there, MOH has also commenced special testing operations for all staff and tenants who have been working in 116 Bukit Merah View from 25 May.
The ministry is offering free COVID-19 testing to members of the public who had visited the shops at 115 and 116 Bukit Merah View between 25 May and 12 June as well.
The remaining COVID-19 cases that were logged yesterday (16 Jun) are:
- One new community infection with an established link
- Four new community infections which are currently unlinked
370 Active Cases
There are currently 137 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and 2 are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
233 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.
34 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.
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