310 new Covid-19 cases in S'pore, 7 new cases in the community

Over 48,000 total cases in Singapore.

Tanya Ong | July 22, 2020, 03:24 PM

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 310 new cases of Covid-19 infection in Singapore as of July 22, 12pm.

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

Seven of the new cases are cases in the community. Of these, three are either a Singaporean/PR while four are Work Pass holders.

In addition, there are six imported cases who had been on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) upon arriving in Singapore.

More details will be provided in the evening update.

On July 21, MOH said that the number of new cases in the community has decreased overall, from an average of 13 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 seven cases per day in the week before, to an average of six per day in the past week.

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