170 new Covid-19 cases in S’pore on July 11, 24 cases in the community

MOH will share further updates in the evening.

Nyi Nyi Thet | July 11, 2020, 03:45 PM

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed an additional 170 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore on July 11, 2020.

The vast majority of whom are Work Permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories.

There are 24 cases in the community, of whom 7 are Singaporeans/ Permanent Residents and 17 are Work Pass holders.

From MOH's preliminary investigations, of these 24 cases, 5 were close contacts of earlier cases, and had already been placed on quarantine. Epidemiological investigations are ongoing for the other cases.

In addition, there is 1 imported case who 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

July 8: 158

July 9: 125

July 10: 191

July 11: 170

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