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A total of six unlinked cases were confirmed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on May 25, along with 12 linked community cases.

Together with nine imported cases and three cases found in the dormitories, this brings the total number of cases to 61,890.

Six unlinked cases

Case 63683 is a 29-year-old male Malaysian who works at Tiger Sugar Bubble Tea (Holland Piazza).

He developed a fever and sore throat on May 21 and sought medical treatment at a general practitioner (GP) clinic the same day, where he was tested for Covid-19.

His test result came back positive on May 24; his serology test result is negative.

Case 63708 is a 15-year-old male Singaporean and a student at Westwood Secondary School. He last attended school on May 18.

On May 22 he developed a fever and runny nose, before seeking treatment at a polyclinic two days later.

He underwent both an antigen rapid test (ART) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, and was immediately isolated when his ART result came back positive.

His PCR test result came back positive for an infection on the same day; his serology test result is negative.

Case 63710 is a 27-year-old male Singaporean who works as a project managers at Fei Ying Trading Enterprise.

He developed a fever on May 23 and visited a GP on the same day, where he was tested.

His test result came back positive for Covid-19 infection on May 24; his serology test result is negative.

Case 63711 is a 27-year-old male Malaysian who works as a housekeeper at Sengkang General Hospital.

He developed a fever on May 23 and visited a polyclinic on May 24, where he under went both an ART and PCR test.

He was immediately isolated when his ART result came back positive, before his PCR test came back positive later that day.

His serology test result is negative.

Case 63714 is a 74-year-old male Singaporean who is a retiree.

He visited a GP on May 24 after developing a cough, running nose, and chills on May 23.

He underwent both an ART and PCR test on the same day, and was immediately isolated when his ART result came back positive.

His PCR test result also came back positive for Covid-19 infection on May 24; his serology test result is pending.

Case 63714 has received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, the first on Feb. 27 and the second on Mar. 20.

Case 63721 is a 50-year-old male Singaporean who works as an engineer at Tektronix Southeast Asia Pte Ltd.

He developed a fever and sore throat on May 22 and sought medical treatment at a GP clinic on May 24, where he was tested for Covid-19.

His test results came back positive on the same day, his serology test is pending.

He had received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on May 17.

12 linked community cases

There are 12 new community cases linked to previously reported Covid-19 cases.

Of these 12 cases:

• Two — a 13-year-old and 7-year-old male Singaporeans — are linked to the JEM/Westgate cluster
• One case is linked to the Learning Point cluster
• Three cases are linked to the McDonald's delivery riders cluster: a Domino's Pizza (Tanjong Katong) delivery rider and kitchen staff at McDonald's (Pasir Ris Elias Community Club) and McDonald's (Bedok Reservoir)
• One case is linked to the Case 63479 cluster
• One case is linked to the Case 63543 cluster
• Three cases are linked to the Case 63660 cluster
• One case is linked to a previously announced Covid-19 case

3 dormitory cases

Three cases were found residing at a dormitory called Harvest @ Woodlands located at 280 Woodlands Industrial Park E5.

They are roommates of a previous case, confirmed to have Covid-19 on May 22.

The cases were detected after undergoing Rostered Routine Testing (RRT).

Their earlier cycles of RRT — the last being May 8 — were negative for Covid-19; their serology test results are negative.

9 imported cases

Among the nine imported cases:

• Two are Singaporeans and one is a Singapore Permanent Resident who returned from India, Indonesia, and Myanmar
• One is a Dependent's Pass holder who arrived from the U.S.
• One is a Work Pass holder who arrived from the Philippines
• Three are Work Permit holders who arrived from Indonesia and the Philippines, all migrant domestic workers
• One is a Short-Term Visit Pass holder who arrived from Papua New Guinea to visit a family member

They had all already been placed on SHN upon arrival in Singapore and were tested while serving SHN.

One of the imported cases (Case 63705) is a 62-year-old male Singaporean who returned from Indonesia on Mar. 28 and served an SHN at a dedicated facility until Apr. 11.

He had been in Indonesia since Jun. 7, 2020.

Both his on-arrival test on Mar. 28, as well as his swab done on Apr. 10 during SHN, were negative for Covid-19. He is asymptomatic, and was detected when he took a Covid-19 pre-departure test on May 21 in preparation for a trip back to Indonesia.

His test result came back positive on May 22.

His Ct value was very high, which is indicative of a low viral load, and his serology test result had also come back positive. Given that these indicate likely past infection, MOH have classified the case as imported based on his travel history.

13 cases discharged

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

In all, 61,329 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.

There are currently 250 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and two are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

279 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.

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

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