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The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 53 new cases of Covid-19 infection in Singapore as of 12pm on Monday (Aug. 16).
This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases reported in Singapore to 66,225.
There are 48 new cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection.
Of these cases, there are 32 linked cases. These have already been placed on quarantine.
Another seven linked cases were detected through surveillance.
Nine are currently unlinked.
There are five imported cases, who were detected and isolated upon arrival in Singapore.
In addition, one new cluster was announced, located at 43 Sungei Kadut Loop dormitory.
Decrease in number of new community cases
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has decreased from 526 cases in the week before to 331 cases in the past week.
The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased from 148 cases in the week before to 89 cases in the past week.
The seven-day moving average number of all linked community cases and all unlinked community cases are 34.6 and 12.7 respectively.
Condition of hospitalised cases
426 cases are currently warded in hospital. There are currently 33 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and seven in critical condition in the ICU.
Seven amongst these 40 cases are fully vaccinated.
Of those who have fallen very ill, 32 are seniors above 60 years, of whom 26 are completely unvaccinated or partially vaccinated.
According to MOH, there is continuing evidence that almost all fully-vaccinated individuals do not suffer serious disease when infected, unless they had underlying medical conditions that made them more susceptible.
Over the last 28 days, the percentage of unvaccinated who became severely ill or died is 9.8 per cent, while that for the fully vaccinated is 1.2 per cent.
One new clusters at Sungei Kadut
There is one new cluster today, located at 43 Sungei Kadut Loop dormitory.
The cluster recorded 12 cases on Aug. 16, with 13 cases in total linked to it.
Four clusters have been closed.
There are currently 99 active clusters, ranging between three and 1,155 infections.
Progress of national vaccination programme
As of Aug. 15, a total of 8,438,233 doses of Covid-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme (Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty and Moderna) have been administered.
This covers 4,432,081 individuals, with 4,136,498 individuals having completed the full vaccination regimen.
In addition, 149,107 doses of other vaccines recognised in the World Health Organization’s Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL) have been administered as of Aug. 15, covering 83,796 individuals.
In total, 76 per cent of the Singapore population has received the full regimen or two doses of Covid-19 vaccines, and 82 per cent has received at least one dose.
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