[Update on April 14, 9:34pm: The article has been updated according to the details from MOH's press release.]

The Covid-19 Multi-Ministry Taskforce (MTF) has announced 334 new cases in Singapore as of April 14, 12pm.

334 new cases

All 334 new cases are locally transmitted, and there are no imported cases.

Of these, 198 cases are linked to existing clusters, a vast majority are Work Permit holders in the dormitories.

Another 22 cases are locally linked, including 10 Singapore Citizens/PRs as well as 12 Work Permit holders.

114 cases are pending contact tracing, including 24 Singapore Citizens/Permanent Residents, 85 Work Permit holders, three S Pass holders, one Employment Pass holder and a Dependant’s Pass holder.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 3,252.

25 more patients have been discharged from hospitals and community isolation facilities.

In total, 611 have fully recovered and have been discharged.

More details here:

Steep increase in the past week

For the past week, Singapore has seen a steep increase in the number of Covid-19 cases.

New cases reported daily have been more than 190 for the six days in a row.

Here's a summary of the increase:

• 287 new confirmed cases on April 9
• 198 new confirmed cases on April 10
• 191 new confirmed cases on April 11
• 233 new confirmed cases on April 12
• 386 new confirmed cases on April 13
• 334 new confirmed cases on April 14 (today)

Overview of active clusters identified in Singapore as of April 13

As of April 13's update by the Ministry of Health, there are at least 24 active clusters:

1. Six cases linked to CitiWall (34 Kaki Bukit Crescent)
2. Seven cases linked to ABC Hostel (3 Jalan Kubor)
3. Nine cases linked to Tech Park Crescent dormitory (43 Tech Park Crescent)
4. Six cases linked to Kranji Dormitory (17 Kranji Way)
5. 586 cases linked to S11 Dormitory @ Punggol (2 Seletar North Link)
6. 84 cases linked to Westlite Toh Guan dormitory (18 Toh Guan Road East)
7. Nine cases linked to Westlite Woodlands dormitory (2 Woodlands Sector 2)
8. 67 cases linked to the cluster at Toh Guan Dormitory (19A Toh Guan Road East)
9. 157 cases linked to Sungei Tengah Lodge (500 Old Choa Chu Kang Road)
10. 53 cases linked to Tampines Dormitory (2 Tampines Place)
11. 39 cases linked to the cluster at Cochrane Lodge I (51 Admiralty Road West)
12. 25 cases linked to Cochrane Lodge II (49 Admiralty Road West)
13. 15 cases linked to Cassia @ Penjuru (15 Penjuru Walk)
14. Nine cases linked to North Coast Lodge (51 North Coast Avenue)
15. 29 cases linked to Acacia Lodge (530-540 Bukit Batok Street 23)
16. 12 cases linked to Tuas View Dormitory (70 Tuas South Avenue 1)
17. 25 cases linked to 36 Woodlands Industrial Park E1
18. 10 cases linked to 31 Sungei Kadut Avenue
19. Six cases linked to 21B Senoko Loop and 13 Senoko Way
20. 49 cases linked to a construction site at Project Glory (50 Market Street)
21. 23 cases linked to the renovation sites at the National University Hospital (5 Lower Kent Ridge Road)
22. 11 cases linked to the Kenyon/ UBS construction site (9 Penang Road)
23. 83 cases linked to Mustafa Centre (145 Syed Alwi Road)
24. Five cases linked to McDonald’s

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