Singapore: Only imported case on Monday (Nov 2) - lowest in eight months; one-minute Covid-19 breath test developed

Singapore confirmed only one new imported Covid-19 case on Monday (Nov 2). The lowest number reported in the country since Feb 25. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Nov 2 (The Straits Times/ANN): There was one new Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases confirmed as at Monday noon (Nov 2), the lowest since Feb 25 which had a single patient too.

The case is an imported patient who had been placed on stay-home notice on arrival in Singapore.

There were no new cases in the community or from worker's dormitories.

It was also the lowest number reported in eight months. Monday's new case takes Singapore's total to 58,020.

Singapore also only had four cases on Sunday (Nov 1) and they were also all imported.

The MOH said only two cases of community transmission have been recorded in the past week. The infections are not linked.

Hospitals and community isolation facilities discharged 11 patients on Sunday, bringing to 57,909 the number of people who have fully recovered from the virus.

There were 46 patients in hospital on Sunday, with none in intensive care, while 21 were recuperating in community facilities.

Singapore has had 28 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died of other causes.

Globally, the virus outbreak, which began in December last year, has infected more than 46 million people. Around 1.2 million people have died.

Meanwhile, dpa reported that a "breathalyzer" made in Singapore, could change the Covid-19 test format as a new breath test gadget for the coronavirus gets a second wind after successful first-round trials.

According to a statement by the National University of Singapore (NUS), the device, which resembles a drink-driving breathalyzer, generates a result in around 60 seconds.