766 new Covid-19 cases & 9 deaths reported in S'pore

Today's update.

Syahindah Ishak| December 03, 2021, 10:17 PM

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The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 766 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore on Friday (Dec. 3).

Here are the important numbers you should be aware of:

Situation update

New cases on Dec. 3: 766

New community cases: 738

New imported cases: 17

New cases in migrant working dormitories: 11

Weekly infection growth rate: 0.71

Total number of cases reported thus far: 267,916

Deaths

New deaths reported on Dec. 3: 9

Age: Between the ages of 67 and 98. All of them had various underlying medical conditions.

Total deaths reported thus far: 744

Recovery

Require oxygen supplementation in the general ward: 183

Unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU: 13

Critically ill and intubated in the ICU: 50

Current overall ICU utilisation rate: 57.3 per cent

Vaccination progress

Percentage of total population undergone full regimen/received two doses: 87 per cent

Received at least one dose: 87 per cent

Received booster shot: 27 per cent

Percentage of eligible population fully vaccinated: 96 per cent

Cluster under close monitoring

MOH is closely monitoring one large cluster with new cases, which has already been ring-fenced through tracing, testing and isolation.

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