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The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 552 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore on Sunday (Dec. 5).
Here are the important numbers you should be aware of:
Situation update
New cases on Dec. 5: 552
New community cases: 523
New imported cases: 15
New cases in migrant working dormitories: 14
Weekly infection growth rate: 0.66
Total number of cases reported thus far: 269,211
New Omicron cases: 1
MOH has detected one new case of an Omicron variant.
Case 273,611, a 37-year-old Singapore Permanent Resident. He was on the same flight, SQ479, as two previous cases that tested preliminarily positive for the Omicron variant.
Deaths
New deaths reported on Dec. 5: 13
Age: Between 52 to 96. They had various underlying medical conditions.
Total deaths reported thus far: 759
Recovery
Require oxygen supplementation in the general ward: 155
Unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU: 6
Critically ill and intubated in the ICU: 52
Current overall ICU utilisation rate: 51.2 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: 28 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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