SINGAPORE: Fourteen people aged 63 to 98 have died of complications linked to Covid-19, the republic’s health ministry reported yesterday.
According to a report in the Straits Times, all of them had various underlying medical conditions, adding that the new deaths take Singapore’s toll to 394,
“The ministry said there were also 3,112 new Covid-19 infections reported. They comprised 2,608 new cases in the community, 500 in migrant worker dormitories and four imported ones.
“The weekly infection growth rate is at 1.14, down from 1.15 on Friday,” the daily said.
Saturday’s community cases include 408 seniors aged 60 and above. The total number of cases in Singapore now stands at 195,211.
The report said there are currently 267 patients who require oxygen supplementation in general hospital wards, 69 who are unstable and are being closely monitored in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 60 who are critically ill and intubated in the ICU.
“The overall utilisation rate of the ICU is at 68%, down from 74% the day before,” it added. - FMT
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