The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 158 new cases of Covid-19 infection as of 12pm on Wednesday, July 8.

This brings the total number of cases to 45,298.

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

There are nine cases in the community, of whom four are Singaporeans/ Permanent Residents and five are Work Pass holders.

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

July 8: 158

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