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

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

69 of the new cases of locally transmitted.

Of these, 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.

There are three imported cases, who have already been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. One of them was detected upon arrival in Singapore while the other two developed the illness during SHN or isolation.

MOH will provide more updates tonight.

Daily case numbers in the past week:

Aug. 2: 111

Aug. 3: 102

Aug. 4: 95

Aug. 5: 98

Aug. 6: 97

Aug. 7: 81

Aug. 8: 78

Aug. 9: 72

Top image by Zheng Zhangxin