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Singapore reported 1,472 new Covid-19 cases as of 12pm on Thursday, Jan. 20.
The country has recorded 297,549 Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
Locally transmitted: 1,133
Imported infections: 339
Deaths: 1
Death toll from coronavirus complications: 845
Omicron cases
The MOH website is presenting the daily new Covid-19 cases separately from new confirmed Omicron cases.
New Omicron variant infections: 1,001 (952 local cases + 49 imported cases)
Weekly infection growth rate: 2.17 (up from 1.96 the day before)
A figure below 1 indicates that the number of new weekly Covid-19 cases is falling.
Hospitalisations
In ICU critically ill: 14
Patients in hospital: 306
Requiring oxygen supplementation: 16
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