Two more affected by COVID-19 in S’pore, total up to 77
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Health Ministry confirmed two more positive cases of COVID-19 in the republic here yesterday, bringing the tally to 77.
One of the case involves a one-year-old male Singaporean baby who was among the group of Singaporeans evacuated from Wuhan on Feb 9, said by the ministry in a statement.
The baby did not have symptoms of the coronavirus when he boarded the flight and was kept in quarantine upon landing in Singapore.
He is currently in isolation at the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
Meanwhile, the second case involves a 35-year-old male Singapore citizen with no recent travel history to China.
He was confirmed positive yesterday morning and is currently in isolation at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, added the ministry.
The man is a contact of the 50th case comprising a 62-year-old male DBS Bank employee who was confirmed to have the virus on Feb 12.
Total of 24 cases have recovered fully from the infection and have been discharged from hospital, said the ministry.
From the 53 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most of them are stable or improving, while four of them are in a critical condition.
Yesterday noon, 937 suspected cases have tested negative for COVID-19, while the test results for the remaining 103 suspected cases are still pending.
The ministry has also identified 2,358 close contacts who have been quarantined, of which 1,081 are still in isolation, and 1,277 have completed their quarantine period.
Bernama
