The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed an additional 301 cases of Covid-19 in Singapore, as of 12 pm on Thursday (August 6).

This brings the total number of cases to 54,555.

The vast majority are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories who were tested during their isolation or quarantine period, even though they are asymptomatic.

They are among the final batch of workers being cleared and they come from dormitories with a relatively high prevalence of Covid-19, said MOH.

The ministry said that it is aggressively testing the final batch of dormitory residents, and remain on track to clear all the dormitories by Aug. 7, except for a few standalone blocks in the dormitories that serve as quarantine facilities.

There are four cases in the community.

Three are Singaporean/PR, and one is a Work Pass holder.

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

Further updates will be shared by MOH this evening.

Number of cases in August

Here are the daily case numbers for the month of August so far.

August 1: 307

August 2: 313

August 3: 226

August 4: 295

August 5: 908

August 6: 301

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