The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 213 new cases of Covid-19 infection on Sunday, June 28.

This brings the total number of cases to 43,459.

Six Singaporeans, two Work Pass Holders & three Work Permit Holders

The vast majority of the new cases continue to be Work Permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories.

There are 11 new cases in the community. Six are Singaporeans, two are Work Pass Holders and three are Work Permit Holders.

Amongst the 11 cases in the community, eight had been picked up as a result of proactive surveillance and screening, and one had already been placed on quarantine earlier.

Amongst the six Singaporean cases, one (Case 43297) was tested as part of our proactive screening of school students who are diagnosed with acute respiratory infection (ARI) at first presentation to a doctor. She is a student at East Spring Secondary School, but had not gone to school since onset of symptoms.

Another case (Case 43315) had been identified as a contact of a previously confirmed case, and had already been quarantined earlier. He was swabbed during quarantine to verify his status.

Two cases (Cases 43316 and 43317) were detected due to our proactive surveillance of persons working at dormitories or deployed to frontline Covid-19 operations, even though they are asymptomatic.

Epidemiological investigations are ongoing for the remaining two cases (Cases 43429 and 43483).

All five Work Pass/ Work Permit holders (Cases 43426, 43484, 43485, 43486 and 43487) were detected from proactive screening of workers in essential services, even though they are asymptomatic.

One new cluster, two cluster closed

MOH announced one new cluster on June 28:

• Six of the newly confirmed cases are linked to two previous cases to form a new cluster at a dormitory at 5 Kaki Bukit Industrial Terrace.

MOH has been monitoring existing clusters for any further transmission.

As there have been no more cases linked to the dormitories at 15A Senoko Way and 65 and 67 Tuas View Walk 2 for the past two incubation periods (i.e. 28 days), the clusters have now been closed.

184 remain in hospitals

A total of 345 more cases of Covid-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities.

In all, 37,508 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.

There are currently 184 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and one is in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

A total of 5,741 are isolated and cared for at community facilities. These are those who have mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for Covid-19.

A total of 26 have passed away from complications due to Covid-19 infection. 

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