Singapore’s health ministry reported 752 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, taking city-state’s total to 26,098.
Among these are two Singaporeans and permanent residents, while foreign workers living in dormitories form the bulk of the remaining cases.
More details will be released later on Thursday, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.
On Wednesday, 958 patients were discharged – a new daily high – as 675 more new cases of COVID-19 were identified.
It was the second time this week that the number of patients discharged has exceeded the number of new cases.
On Monday, 504 patients were discharged and 486 new cases announced, although MOH said at the time that this was partly due to fewer tests being processed that day after an equipment fault produced false positives over the weekend.
This means that as of Wednesday, 4,800 have fully recovered from Covid-19 since the first case was reported here on Jan 23.
Of the new cases announced on Wednesday, only two were Singaporeans. Two others were work pass holders, while the remaining 671 were foreign workers staying in dormitories.
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