SINGAPORE, Feb 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Singapore’s Ministry of Health today confirmed three additional cases of COVID-19 in the republic, bringing the total number of positive\u00a0cases to 84.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All three new cases are Singapore citizens with no recent travel history to China. One of them is a 54-year-old man who is linked to The Life Church and Missions Singapore church, and who travels frequently to Malaysia for work purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ministry said the man was confirmed as a COVID-19 case this morning, and is currently in isolation at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the condition of confirmed cases, the ministry said a total of 34 cases had fully recovered from the disease and had been discharged from hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the fully recovered cases is the first imported case comprising a 66-year-old male Chinese national from Wuhan who arrived in Singapore with his family on Jan 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the 50 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving, while four are in critical condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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