24 Jan 2022 11:23PM
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 3,002 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Monday (Jan 24), comprising 2,624 local and 378 imported infections.
The infections include the number of Protocol 2 cases, after the Ministry of Health (MOH) changed its daily reporting structure last Friday.
Protocol 2 cases are
individuals who are well and have tested positive, or have been assessed by a doctor to have a mild condition.
Two sets of numbers will be reported every day - one for the infections confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, and another for the Protocol 2 cases.
There was no new fatality, according to the latest infection statistics on the MOH website. The death toll from coronavirus complications remains at 848.
The weekly infection growth rate is 2.69, down from Sunday's 2.75. A figure above 1 means that the number of new weekly cases is rising.
A total of 1,637 new Protocol 2 infections were confirmed on Monday, comprising seven imported cases and 1,630 local cases.
Another 1,365 cases were confirmed via PCR tests. A total of 994 cases were local infections while 371 were imported.
As of Monday, Singapore has recorded 316,774 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
Case numbers have been backdated to Jan 6 when general practitioners (GPs) started to order Protocol 2, for the purposes of calculating the total number of infections in Singapore as well as the week-on-week increase in infection numbers.
HOSPITALISATIONS AND VACCINATIONS
There are 478 patients in hospital, with 32 requiring oxygen supplementation. 11 patients are in the intensive care unit.
As of Sunday, 91 per cent of Singapore's eligible population have completed their full vaccination regimen under the national vaccination programme.
This figure includes children aged five to 11 after vaccination for this age group started on Dec 27.
About 55 per cent of the total population have received their vaccine booster shots.
Source: CNA/yb(gr)
