The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 157 new cases of Covid-19 infection as of 12pm on Tuesday, July 7.

This brings the total number of cases to 45,140.

The vast majority of the cases, said the ministry, are Work Permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories.

There are 20 cases in the community, of whom 12 are Singaporeans/ Permanent Residents and eight are Work Pass holders.

From the preliminary investigations, of these 20 cases, 12 were close contacts of earlier cases, and had already been placed on quarantine. 

There are also three imported cases, all of whom had been placed on Stay-Home Notice upon arrival in Singapore.

MOH will share further updates in the evening.

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

July 1: 215

July 2: 188

July 3: 169

July 4: 185

July 5: 136

July 6: 183

July 7: 157

Top photo via Facebook / NUH.