40 COVID-19 Cases Today (21 May); 30 are Community Cases With 8 of Them Unlinked

It’s Friday, but seriously, with the “lockdown”…who’s counting?

As of 12pm today (21 May), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 40 new cases of COVID-19 infection.

30 are community cases, and of these, 22 are linked to previous cases.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 61,770.

Based on yesterday’s figures, the number of new cases in the community has increased from 71 cases in the week before to 190 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased from 11 cases in the week before to 52 cases in the past week.

6 Unlinked Cases Reported Yesterday Include Yet Another SP Student; School Expanding Testing Exercise

According to the Ministry of Health (MOH), 6 of the community cases reported yesterday had no established links. They are:

• a 59-year-old female Singaporean who works at Mary Fashion and Trading (338 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1)
• a 49-year-old female Singapore Permanent Resident who is a homemaker
•  a 41-year-old male Singaporean who works as a customer service personnel at Times Bookstore but had not gone to work since 30 April
• a 54-year-old female Malaysia national who works at Seagate Singapore International Headquarters Pte Ltd
•  a 19-year-old female Malaysia national who is a student at Singapore Polytechnic (SP) and had last gone to school on 15 May
•  a 69-year-old male Singaporean who works as a cleaner employed by Weishen Industrial Services Pte Ltd

The SP student developed a fever on 19 May, and sought medical treatment at a GP clinic on the same day.

She underwent an antigen rapid test (ART) and PCR test, both of which came back positive.

Her serology test result is pending.

After three positive cases at the polytechnic were reported, the school began testing its 6,500 students and staff members on 19 May.

Last night, it said it would expand testing to include all staff members and students from the School of Chemical & Life Sciences.

Read the full article here.

469 Active Cases

There are currently 240 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and 4 are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

229 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.

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

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