07/05/2020 09:04 AM
By Massita Ahmad
SINGAPORE, May 7 -- Singapore, in announcing 788 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, reported another two deaths involving the elderly, bringing the number of fatalities to 20.
In a statement issued late Wednesday, the republic’s Ministry of Health (MOH) said the 19th death case involved a 97 year-old female Singaporean, who died on May 5 at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases.
Labelled as case 1414, the patient was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on April 7, and had a history of hypertension.
Meanwhile, the 20th death involved case 1528, a 73 year-old male Singaporean, who died on May 6 at Singapore General Hospital.
The elderly was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on April 7, and had a history of hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and diabetes mellitus.
Singapore reported its first two COVID-19 deaths on March 21.
At present, 1,634 patients have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities.
There are currently 1,462 confirmed cases still hospitalised with most in stable condition or improving, while 23 are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
Meanwhile, 17,082 cases with mild symptoms, or are clinically well, but still tested positive for COVID-19 remain isolated at community facilities.
Of the 788 cases yesterday, there was no imported cases. They comprise 13 cases in the community facilities, 16 work permit holders residing outside dormitories and 759 work permit holders residing in dormitories.
-- BERNAMA
