The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 123 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore as of July 20, 12pm.

This brings the total number of cases up to 48,035.

New places visited by Covid-19 cases

As announced by MOH, among the locations visited by Covid-19 patients during their infectious period (i.e. the past 14 days) were:

• July 6, 3:00pm to 5:50pm Plaza Singapura (68 Orchard Road)
• July 6, 4:00pm to 5:15pm Fish & Co at Velocity@Novena Square (238 Thomson Road)
• July 6, 6:30pm to 9:10pm Ban Heng at Orchard Central (181 Orchard Road)
• July 7, 12:10pm to 1:05pm Jollibee at Lucky Plaza (304 Orchard Road)
• July 10, 6:10pm to 6:50pm Nakhon Kitchen at Century Square (2 Tampines Central 5)
• July 10, 7:45pm to 8:40pm Mustafa Centre (145 Syed Alwi Road)
• July 10, 9:15pm to 10:00pm Spize Bedok (336 Bedok Road)
• July 12, 8:10pm to 9:40pm Din Tai Fung at Suntec City (3 Temasek Boulevard)

Here's the most updated list of places visited by infectious Covid-19 cases as of July 20.

Those who had been identified as close contacts of confirmed cases would already have been notified by MOH.

As a precautionary measure, persons who had been at these locations during the specified timings should monitor their health closely for 14 days from their date of visit.

They should see a doctor promptly if they develop symptoms of acute respiratory infection (such as cough, sore throat and runny nose), as well as fever and loss of taste or smell, and inform the doctor of their exposure history.

There is no need to avoid places where confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been. The National Environment Agency will engage the management of affected premises to provide guidance on cleaning and disinfection.

Breakdown of new cases

Cases residing in dormitories: 110

The vast majority of cases continue to be Work Pass holders residing in foreign worker dormitories.

Imported cases: Two

There are two new imported cases.

Both imported cases, who are Work Pass holders currently employed in Singapore, arrived in Singapore from the Philippines on July 8.

They had been placed on 14-day Stay-Home Notice (SHN) upon arrival in Singapore, and had been tested while serving their SHN.

Cases in the community: 11

11 of the new cases are cases in the community.

Of these, five are Singaporeans/ Permanent Residents while six are Work Pass holders.

Of the 11 cases in the community, nine were picked up as a result of our proactive surveillance and screening, and two had already been placed on quarantine earlier.

Nine of the cases are asymptomatic, and were detected through our proactive testing.

Six of the community cases today are linked to previous cases or clusters.

Of these, two (Cases 48059 and 48102) had been identified as contacts of previously confirmed cases, and had been placed on quarantine earlier. They were tested during quarantine to determine their status.

The remaining four cases (Cases 48041, 48042, 48043 and 48044) are all asymptomatic, and were identified as a result of our periodic screening of workers in essential services who are living outside the dormitories.

Five of the community cases are currently unlinked.

They are all asymptomatic, and were detected from our proactive screening.

Of these, two cases (Cases 48046 and 48047) were swabbed as they work in essential services. The remaining three cases (Cases 48056, 48057 and 48058) were tested as part of our efforts to screen individuals working in frontline Covid-19 operations.

Epidemiological investigations of the unlinked cases are in progress.

In the meantime, all the identified close contacts of the cases have been isolated and placed on quarantine, and will be tested at the start and end of their quarantine period so that we can detect asymptomatic cases.

Serological tests will also be conducted for their household contacts to determine if these cases could have been infected by them.

Overall, the number of new cases in the community has decreased, from an average of 14 cases per day in the week before, to an average of 10 per day in the past week.

The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased, from an average of eight cases per day in the week before, to an average of five per day in the past week.

Discharged cases & cases in care facilities

285 more cases of Covid-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities.

In all, 44,371 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.

There are currently 183 confirmed cases who are still in hospital.

Of these, most are stable or improving, and none is in the intensive care unit.

3,454 are isolated and cared for at community facilities. These are those who have mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for Covid-19.

27 have passed away from complications due to Covid-19 infection.

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