With so much talk of shifting to a new normal once enough residents here are vaccinated, the number of community cases can’t go down soon enough.
But we might have to wait a little longer for that to happen.
Yesterday (24 June), 14 new community cases were reported, one more than the previous day.
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Here are the details:
Unlinked Cases Include Changi General Hospital Worker
The good news is that we have one fewer unlinked case than the day before.
The bad news is that one of them is from a hospital.
The two cases are:
- a 78-year-old Singaporean woman who is a retiree
- a 35-year-old Singaporean man who works as a porter at Changi General Hospital (CGH)
The CGH porter is asymptomatic, and was detected when he tested positive for COVID-19 on 23 June as part of Rostered Routine Testing (RRT).
His earlier tests from RRT – the last being on 8 June – were all negative for COVID-19 infection.
He has tested preliminarily positive for the Delta variant, and is pending further confirmatory tests.
His serology test result is negative for the N antigen, which suggests the presence of early infection.
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He has completed his vaccination regimen, having received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on 14 January, and his second dose on 4 February.
115 Bukit Merah View Market & Food Centre Cluster
Our biggest active cluster continues to grow, as three new infections were linked to it yesterday.
They are:
- a 34-year-old female Singapore Permanent Resident who is a homemaker
- a 33-year-old Singaporean woman who works part-time at J&T Express Singapore
- a 12-year-old Singaporean boy who is a student at Crest Secondary School
The student was last in school on 18 May.
The cluster now has 85 cases.
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Case 64135 Cluster & Case 64184 Cluster
The Case 64135 cluster and Case 64184 cluster each had one new addition yesterday, namely:
- Â a 29-year-old Singaporean man who is currently unemployed (Case 64135 cluster)
- Â a 72-year-old Singaporean woman who is a retiree (Case 64184 cluster)
The 72-year-old has been fully vaccinated, having received her first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on 2 May, and the second dose on 23 May.
Case 64349 Cluster
The Case 64349 cluster, named after a 24-year-old man who works at Prudential, had four new cases linked to it yesterday.
They are:
- Â a 22-year-old Singaporean man who is currently unemployed
- Â a 23-year-old Singaporean man who works at Skyworks Global Pte Ltd
- a 22-year-old Singaporean woman who is a software engineer at NCS Pte Ltd
- a 23-year-old Singaporean man who works at Unity Assurance PAC
The 23-year-old was placed on quarantine on 21 June after being identified as a close contact of a previous case.
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He was tested for COVID-19 on 22 June during quarantine and his result came back positive the next day.
He developed a cough and an itchy throat on the same day. His serology test result is negative.
Case 64359 Cluster
Two new infections were linked to the Case 64359 cluster, named after an 81-year-old retiree.
They are:
- a 44-year-old Singaporean man who works as an engineer at SIA Engineering Company
- a 37-year-old Singaporean woman who works as a senior executive at Victoryland Pte Ltd
The last linked case is a 74-year-old Singaporean woman who is a retiree.
9 Imported Cases
In addition to the 14 community cases, 9 imported infections were detected.
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They are:
- 2 Singaporeans and 2 Singapore Permanent Residents who returned from India
- 3 Work Permit holders who arrived from Indonesia, all of whom are foreign domestic workers.
- 2 Short-Term Visit Pass holders who arrived from Bangladesh for work projects in Singapore
All had been placed on stay-home notice upon arrival here.
136 Cases in Hospitals; 4 in Critical Condition
At the moment, there are 136 COVID-19 cases in hospitals, most of whom are stable or improving. 4 are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
Another 182 cases are isolated and cared for at community facilities.
27 more cases have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities recently.
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