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The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 72 new cases of Covid-19 infection in Singapore as of 12pm on Aug. 9.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 65,836.

69 new locally transmitted cases

Of the 69 cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection, 39 are linked to previous cases, and have already been placed on quarantine.

10 are linked to previous cases and were detected through surveillance. 20 are currently unlinked.

Among the cases are two seniors above 70 years who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, and are at risk of serious illness.

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

One was detected upon arrival in Singapore, while two developed the illness during SHN or isolation.

Drop in number of new community cases

Overall, the number of new cases in the community has decreased from 835 cases in the week before to 526 cases in the past week.

The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased from 261 cases in the week before to 149 cases in the past week.

The seven-day moving average number of all linked community cases and all unlinked community cases are 53.9 and 21.3 respectively.

131 active clusters in total

There is one new cluster today at the NKF Dialysis Centre (Sakyadhita) located on Upper Boon Keng Road.

In total, there are currently 131 active clusters, ranging between three and 1,148 infections in each cluster.

Condition of hospitalised cases

527 cases are currently warded in hospital. Most are well and under observation.

There are currently 35 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 10 in critical condition in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Seven amongst these 45 cases are fully vaccinated. Of these, five require oxygen supplementation while two require ICU care as they have underlying medical conditions.

34 seniors above 60 years, of whom 28 are completely unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, have fallen very ill.

There is continuing evidence that vaccination helps to prevent serious disease when one gets infected, MOH said.

Over the last 28 days, 99 local cases required oxygen supplementation, were admitted to ICU, or passed away.

60 are unvaccinated, 28 are partially vaccinated, and 11 are fully vaccinated.

Progress of national vaccination programme

As of Aug. 8, 70 per cent of Singapore's population has completed their full regimen/received two doses of Covid-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme, and 79 per cent has received at least one dose.

In total, a total of 8,103,735 doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered under the national vaccination programme, covering 4,367,061 individuals, with 3,862,510 individuals having completed the full vaccination regimen.

In addition, 131,497 doses of Sinovac vaccines have been administered as of August 8, covering 81,709 individuals.

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