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The Ministry of Health reported 4,297 new cases of Covid-19 as of 12pm on Feb. 3.

Here's the breakdown of the cases:

Locally transmitted cases: 4,087

Imported cases: 210

Deaths: 1

The country has recorded 366,473 Covid-19 cases and 860 deaths in total since the start of the pandemic.

ART cases

New infections detected via ART: 2,742 (2,730 local cases + 12 imported cases)

Weekly infection growth rate: 1.23 (lower than 1.41 from the day before)

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

Hospitalisations

Patients in hospital: 932

Requiring oxygen supplementation: 78

In ICU: 16

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 that are detected via antigen rapid tests (ART).

MOH said that the ART-positive cases included in the report have been assessed by a doctor to have mild symptoms and are of 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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