Covid-19: 1,016 new cases on April 22, 8 new clusters, 1 new death

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Nyi Nyi Thet | April 22, 2020, 11:15 PM

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 1,016 new cases of Covid-19 infection on Wednesday, April 22, 2020.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 10,141.

Case 1071, an 84 year-old female Singapore Citizen, has passed away from complications due to Covid-19 infection on April 21, 2020 night.

She was confirmed to have Covid-19 infection on April 2. Khoo Teck Puat Hospital has reached out to her family and is extending assistance to them.

The vast majority of cases remain Work Permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories.

There are also 15 Singaporeans and Permanent Residents among the new cases reported today. There are also two work pass holders.

There were zero imported cases today.

57 more patients have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities, with 896 patients fully recovered.

25 patients remain in the intensive care unit.

Of the new cases, 73 per cent are linked to known clusters, while the rest are pending contact tracing.

There are eight new clusters.

The details of the clusters are as follows:

Cluster at 10 Kranji Link, where one of the newly confirmed cases is linked to 10 previous cases.

Cluster at 32 Tuas View Square, where six of the newly confirmed cases are linked to 23 previous cases.

Cluster at 36 Tuas View Square, where three of the newly confirmed cases are linked to 19 previous cases.

Cluster at 40 Tuas View Square, where one of the newly confirmed cases is linked to five previous cases.

Cluster at 61 Senoko Drive, where 11 of the newly confirmed cases are linked to three previous cases.

Cluster at 8 Sungei Kadut Avenue, involving 23 of the earlier confirmed cases.

Cluster at 18 Sungei Kadut Avenue, where 41 of the newly confirmed cases are linked to six previous cases.

Cluster at Wing Fong Court, at 10 Lorong 14 Geylang, involving five of the earlier confirmed cases.

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