May 09, 2021, 04:16 PM
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 28 new cases of Covid-19 infection in Singapore as of 12pm on Sunday (May 9).
This brings the total number of cases to 61,359.
There are 10 new cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection, of whom five are linked to previous cases. These five had already been placed on quarantine or were detected from MOH's proactive testing.
MOH said that the locally-transmitted cases are in the community, and there are no new cases in the dormitories.
In addition, there are 18 imported cases, who had already been placed on Stay-Home Notice or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. Amongst them, 11 are Singaporeans or Singapore Permanent Residents.
Further updates will be shared by MOH this evening.
Daily cases in past week
Here are the daily case numbers in the past week:
May 3: 17
May 4: 17
May 5: 16
May 6: 18
May 7: 25
May 8: 20
May 9: 28
Top photo via Zhangxin Zheng
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