The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 125 new cases of Covid-19 infection as of 12pm on Thursday, July 9.

This brings the total number of cases to 45,423.

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

Based on MOH's investigations so far, there are 21 cases in the community, of whom four are Singaporeans/ Permanent Residents and 17 are Work Pass holders.

Of these 21 community cases, five 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 one 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

Top image via Ministry of Health, Singapore/Facebook.