SINGAPORE, April 6 (NNN-BERNAMA) \u2013 Singapore which placed two foreign workers\u2019 dormitories as isolation areas on Sunday has identified another dormitory as a new cluster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new cluster of Tampines Dormitory at Tampines Place has so far reported three new confirmed cases, said a statement issued by the republic’s Ministry of Health (MOH) late Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MOH said the two isolated dormitories, S11@Punggol of Seletar North Link meanwhile has to date a total of 63 cases while Westlite Toh Guan of Toh Guan Road East has 28 confirmed cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was reported earlier that both dormitories housed about 19,800 foreign workers and all have been placed under quarantine for the next 14 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apart from Tampines Dormitory, MOH said two new clusters have been identified at Cochrane Lodge I of Admiralty Road West and a construction site at Battery Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MOH said two more cases were also reported from the public healthcare sector, involving a doctor at the KK Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Hospital and a technician at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, as at noon Sunday, 23 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities, bringing to total 320 who have fully recovered from the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the 569 confirmed cases who are still in hospitals, most are stable or improving while 25 are in the intensive care unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 414 cases who are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19 are isolated and cared for at Concord International Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital and the Community Isolation Facility at D\u2019Resort NTUC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Singapore has so far recorded a total of 1,309 confirmed cases with six deaths. It has quarantined 17,345 people who have had close contacts with those infected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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