130 new locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases in S’pore, 48 unlinked

More details will be provided in tonight's update.

Faris Alfiq | July 28, 2021, 06:37 PM

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The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 136 new cases of Covid-19 infection in Singapore as of 12pm on Wednesday (July 28).

This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases reported in Singapore to 64,589.

27 cases are linked to the Jurong Fishery Port cluster

Of the 130 locally-transmitted cases, 48 are unlinked.

Among the linked cases, 27 are linked to the Jurong Fishery Port cluster and two belong to the KTV cluster.

Of the linked cases, 61 have already been placed on quarantine whereas 21 were detected through surveillance.

Three of today's cases are seniors above 70 years who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated and are at risk of serious illness.

6 imported cases

In addition, there are six imported cases, all of whom have already been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or isolated upon arrival in Singapore.

Two were detected upon arrival in Singapore, while the other four developed the illness during SHN or isolation.

Further updates will be shared by MOH this evening.

Daily case numbers in the past week

Here are the daily case numbers in the past week:

July 22: 170

July 23: 133

July 24: 130

July 25: 125

July 26: 135

July 27: 139

July 28: 136

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