Singapore reports 339 new Covid-19 cases; lowest number of infections since Sept 8

As of Monday (Dec 13, 2021), Singapore has recorded 273,701 Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic in 2019. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Dec 13 (Xinhua): Singapore reported 339 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, bringing the total tally in the country to 273,701.

The number of new infections reported on Monday is the lowest since Sep 8, when 349 Covid-19 cases were reported.

Monday's daily case count is down from the 370 infections reported on Sunday.

Of the new cases, 318 were in the community, six were in migrant worker dormitories and 15 were imported cases, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health.

A total of 575 cases are currently warded in hospitals, with 30 cases being critically ill in the intensive care unit (ICU). The current overall ICU utilization rate is 46.9 percent.

Four more patients have died from complications of Covid-19, bringing the death toll to 798.

The weekly infection growth rate fell slightly to 0.60 from Sunday's 0.61. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.

The growth rate has remained below 1 since Nov 13. A figure below 1 means that the number of new weekly Covid-19 cases is falling.

As of Monday, Singapore has recorded 273,701 Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic in 2019. - Xinhua