49 COVID-19 Cases Today (16 May); 38 are Community Cases & 18 of Them Are Unlinked

Today is the first day of Phase 2 (Heightened Alert), and today’s report will show you the reason why the new measures were enforced.

As of 12pm today (16 May), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 49 new cases of COVID-19 infection.

38 are community cases. 20 of them are linked to previous cases, and 18 are unlinked cases.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 61,585.

Based on yesterday’s figures, the number of new cases in the community has increased from 43 cases in the week before to 103 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased from 6 cases in the week before to 16 cases in the past week.

4 More Children Were Among the Community Cases Reported on 15 May; 7 Primary Schools Switching to HBL

There were only 2 unlinked cases yesterday (15 May).

Of the 17 linked cases reported yesterday, 8 were linked to the Changi Airport cluster, taking the total number of cases in that cluster to a whopping 68.

5 others were linked to other clusters, with 1 of them found in the TTSH cluster and another an inmate at Changi Prison Complex.

The remaining 4 are children.

2 of them are linked to the Learning Point cluster, whereby the first case was detected after a tutor was confirmed to have COVID-19 on 12 May 2021. This means the cluster now has 9 cases.

The other 2 children are linked to the nurse who worked in Sengkang General Hospital.

With that, 7 primary schools will move to home-based learning (HBL) for the next two weeks (until 28 May, when the school holidays will then start), although none of the pupils seems to have caught the virus while in school thus far.

The Ministry of Education (MOE) said it’s a precautionary measure.

The schools are:

1. Kong Hwa School
2. Palm View Primary School
3. St Andrew’s Junior School
4. St Margaret’s Primary School
5. St Stephen’s School
6. Yio Chu Kang Primary School (already on HBL)
7. Yu Neng Primary School

Yes, this means students from these schools won’t need to go back to school until 28 June.

443 Active Cases

There are currently 190 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and 3 are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

253 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.

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

Now, today’s report might seem scary, but wearing your mask helps a lot to prevent full Circuit Breaker. Watch this video to the end and you’ll understand:

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