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Singapore reported 5,554 new Covid-19 cases as of 12pm on Jan. 28, 2022.

Here's the breakdown of the cases:

Locally transmitted cases:  5,272

Imported cases: 282

Deaths: 3

The country has recorded 338,625 Covid-19 cases and 853 deaths in total since the start of the pandemic.

ART cases

New infections detected via ART, as of 12pm on Jan. 27: 3,667 (3,646 local cases + 21 imported cases)

Weekly infection growth rate: 2.24 (down from 2.37 the day before)

A figure below 1 indicates that the number of new weekly Covid-19 cases is falling.

Hospitalisations

Patients in hospital: 636

Requiring oxygen supplementation: 46

In ICU: 10

Change in reporting of daily cases

Since Jan. 21, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has stopped highlighting the number of Omicron variant cases that are part of the daily Covid-19 cases, due to variant dominating the current infection wave.

MOH's updates now separately present new Covid-19 cases that are confirmed via a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, as well as new Protocol 2 cases which are detected via antigen rapid tests (ART). MOH said that these ART-positive cases that are included in the reported would be assessed by a doctor to have mild symptoms and low risk.

As a result, MOH said that its daily updates will register a drastic increase in the daily number of new cases.

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