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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