A pharmacist displays the coronavirus disease antigen rapid test (ART) kits for self-testing to the media at a Watsons pharmacy in Singapore on 16 June, 2021. (PHOTO: Reuters)
SINGAPORE The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday (16 June) confirmed 24 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, taking the country’s total case count to 62,339.
Of them, 19 are local cases in the community, of whom 10 of 16 linked cases had been quarantined earlier. Five remaining cases are imported, including two returning Singapore residents.
Wednesday marks the 52nd consecutive day with local cases reported.
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With 17 more patients discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities on Tuesday, 61,911 cases or 99.4 per cent of the total have fully recovered from the infection.
Most of the 137 hospitalised cases are stable or improving, while two of them are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
A total of 233 patients with mild symptoms or are clinically well but still test positive are isolated and cared for at community facilities.
Apart from the 34 patients who have died from COVID-19 complications, 15 others who tested positive for the virus were determined to have died from unrelated causes, including three whose deaths were attributed to a heart attack and another four, whose deaths were attributed to coronary heart disease.
Among the 96 confirmed cases reported from 9 to 15 June, 40 cases have tested positive for their serology tests, 41 have tested negative, and 15 serology test results are pending.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday (16 June) confirmed 24 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, taking the country’s total case count to 62,339.
