The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed an additional 277 cases of Covid-19 infection in Singapore, as of July 24.

This brings the total number of cases up to 49,375.

The vast majority are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories.

Of the 277, five are the cases detected in the community. Of these, two are Singaporeans/Permanent Residents. Three of them are Work Pass holders.

There are also two new imported cases who had been placed on Stay-Home Notice upon arriving in Singapore.

Further updates will be shared by MOH in the evening.

Daily new cases in July

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

July 12: 178

July 13: 322

July 14: 347

July 15: 249

July 16: 248

July 17: 327

July 18: 202

July 19: 257

July 20: 123

July 21: 399

July 22: 310

July 23: 354

July 24: 277

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