By Massita Ahmad
SINGAPORE, June 10 -- Singapore which is on the second week of Phase One of "Safe-Re-opening" of its economy has reported 451 new cases of COVID-19 today, with only seven cases in the community.
The noon data showed that the vast majority of the new cases still represented the foreign workers at dormitories, thus raising the tally to 38,965.
Of the seven cases in the community, three are Singaporeans or permanent residents and four are work pass holders, said the republic’s Ministry of Health (MOH) in a statement here.
In full data released late Tuesday, Singapore classified 1,751 as community cases, 580 as imported cases and 36,183 as foreign workers residing in dorms.
In total, 25,877 cases of COVID-19, or about 68 per cent of yesterday's tally of 38,514, have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities.
As of yesterday, there were 248 confirmed cases still hospitalised with three in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
Meanwhile, 12,364 cases with mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19 have been isolated and being cared for at community facilities.
Thus far, 25 have died from complications due to COVID-19 infection in the republic.
Only one new cluster identified yesterday involving a dormitory at 145 Tuas View Square while two clusters, a construction site at Tanah Merah Coast Road and a dormitory at 17C Tuas Road, were closed as there were no more cases linked to the places for the past two incubation periods.
Singapore which lifted most of its tighter circuit breaker measures from June 2, is embarking on a controlled approach to resume activities safely over three phases namely Phase One (Safe Re-opening), Phase Two (Safe Transition) and Phase 3 (Safe Nation).
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