Singapore reports an additional 1,734 COVID-19 cases and 16 deaths

SINGAPORE – A total of 1,734 new COVID-19 cases and 16 further deaths had been confirmed in Singapore as of noon on Friday (Nov 19).

The Ministry of Health (MOH) recorded that 16 people between the ages of 52 and 93 died due to COVID-19-related problems. According to the report, an unvaccinated patient was the only one to have underlying medical issues.

As many as 641 people have died in Singapore as a result of the coronavirus.

57 percent of all ICU beds are currently occupied, down from 60 percent on Thursday, the lowest level since figures were disclosed roughly three weeks ago.

This is the lowest utilization percentage since MOH was first reported on Oct. 25, when 83.6 percent.

In the past two weeks, the ICU utilization rate has decreased. On Friday, the percentage was 57.8%, down from Thursday’s result of 58.8%. Although the overall number of intensive care unit beds has fluctuated between 398 and 430, it was 70.2 percent on Nov. 4.

The Weekly Infection Growth Rate

The number of new cases recorded on Friday has decreased from Thursday’s total of 2,038.

As of Friday, the weekly infection growth rate was 0.77, the lowest since MOH began reporting this information on August 27th.

The ratio of community instances in the preceding week compared to the previous week is shown in the number. Covid-19 instances are decreasing weekly, as demonstrated by an infection growth rate that is regularly less than 1.

In addition to the 1,730 new cases recorded on Friday, 1,633 of them were transmitted locally, including 97 instances in migrant workers’ dorms.

On Friday, the number of COVID-19 community cases recorded was the lowest since September 27.

A MOH press release at about 10:25 PM stated that four of the remaining six cases were imported.

Singapore has recorded 248,587 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. /TISG