Singapore – The daily Covid-19 cases in Singapore has passed the 1,000 mark on Saturday (Sept 18), with 1,004 locally transmitted cases reported.
In its daily Covid-19 update, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said it detected a total of 1,009 new cases of Covid-19 infection, comprising of 926 community cases, 78 dormitory residents cases and five imported cases.
This is the highest number of daily cases since Apr 23, 2020.
A 90-year-old male Singaporean has passed away from complications due to Covid-19 infection on Sept 17.
He was conveyed to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases on Sept 17 with symptoms and tested positive for the virus on the same day.
MOH noted that the man had not been vaccinated against Covid-19 and had a history of cancer, heart disease and pneumonia.
His case brings the total recorded deaths in Singapore to 60.
To date, there are 863 Covid-19 cases warded in the hospital, of which most are well and under observation.
Meanwhile, there are 105 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 18 are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
MOH advised the public to refrain from seeking treatment at hospitals for mild symptoms of Covid-19 to preserve hospital capacity.
“Some of our public hospitals have been experiencing a surge in the number of patients who have rushed to their A&E departments with mild acute respiratory infection (ARI) symptoms,” said MOH.
“We urge those who have mild symptoms to avoid seeking treatment at the hospitals and instead consult a General Practitioner (GP) at a Swab and Send Home (SASH) clinic instead.”
“This allows those with more severe illnesses and who are in need of urgent care to be attended to quickly and helps to preserve hospital capacity for those who truly need hospital care,” MOH added./TISG
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