Singapore reports 195 new Covid-19 cases and 45 Omicron cases on Monday night (Dec 20)

The Singapore health ministry said in a press release on Monday that it has detected a cluster of three Covid-19 cases, of whom two have tested preliminarily positive for the Omicron variant and the result for the remaining case is pending. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Dec 21 (Xinhua): Singapore reported 195 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday (Dec 20), bringing the total tally in the country to 276,105.

Of the new cases, 141 were in the community, five were in migrant worker dormitories and 49 were imported cases, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health (MOH).

Also, according to the latest infection statistics on the Ministry of Health's (MOH) website, 42 of the reported Omicron cases are imported, while three are local.

A total of 506 cases are currently warded in hospitals, with 29 cases being critically ill in the ICU.

The current overall ICU utilization rate is 52.8 percent.

Two more patients have passed away from complications due to Covid-19 infection, bringing the death toll to 815, the MOH said.

The ministry said in a press release on Monday that it has detected a cluster of three Covid-19 cases, of whom two have tested preliminarily positive for the Omicron variant and the result for the remaining case is pending.

All three cases are fully vaccinated and have mild symptoms.

To date, there are a total of 71 confirmed Omicron cases detected in Singapore, with 65 imported cases and six local cases, it added. - Xinhua