The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 218 new cases of Covid-19 as of 12pm on Tuesday, June 9, 2020.

This brings the total number of reported cases in Singapore to 38,514.

The majority of the reported infections are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories.

Preliminary findings indicate six cases in the community, all Work Pass holders. None are Singaporeans or Permanent Residents.

Further updates will be shared in a separate announcement from the Ministry later this evening.

Daily case numbers in June

Here are the daily case numbers for the month of June so far:

June 1: 408

June 2: 544

June 3: 569

June 4: 517

June 5: 261

June 6: 344

June 7: 383

June 8: 386

June 9: 218

Increase in number of community cases over past few days

On Thursday, May 28, the Covid-19 Multi-Ministry Taskforce had announced that Singapore may enter Phase 2 of re-opening plans before the end of June.

However, this decision would depend on whether community transmissions and infection rates over the first two weeks of June remain low and stable.

While overall case numbers have been on a downward trend in June, there has been an increase in community cases over the past few days.

For example, the number of community cases doubled from an average of four cases per day in the week before to an average of eight per day in the past week.

No need to avoid places where confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been

In light of this, MOH has released a list of the date and timings of public places visited by community cases during their infectious periods between May 25 to June 4, 2020.

As a precautionary measure, people who had been to these locations during the specified timings should monitor their health closely for 14 days from their date of visit, MOH said.

If these people develop symptoms of acute respiratory infection (such as cough, sore throat and runny nose), as well as fever and loss of taste or smell, they should see a doctor promptly and inform the doctor of their exposure history.

However, MOH has also said that there is no need to avoid the places where confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been, as those places have been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.