As of July 4, 2020, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has preliminarily confirmed an additional 185 cases of Covid-19 infection in Singapore.

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

Based on investigations so far, there are nine cases in the community, of whom four are Singaporeans/ Permanent Residents and five are Work Pass holders.

The total number of cases in Singapore is now at 44,664.

In addition, there is an imported case involving a Singapore Permanent Resident who had been placed on Stay-Home Notice upon arrival in Singapore.

On July 2, it was announced that MOH has placed 58 households residing at Block 111 Tampines Street 11 under active phone surveillance and would be facilitating Covid-19 testing for them and their visitors.

This is a precautionary measure after MOH had detected nine confirmed cases from two households residing at the block.

In total, 116 residents and visitors have been tested, and all the results have come back negative for Covid-19. MOH will continue to closely monitor the situation.

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