Weekly Covid-19 infection growth rate rises above 1 for first time since Nov 12; 842 new cases in Singapore on Tuesday (Jan 4)


Singapore has recorded 281,596 Covid-19 cases in total as of Tuesday (Jan 4). - The Straits Times

SINGAPORE, Jan 4 (The Straits Times/ANN): There were 842 new Covid-19 cases as at noon on Tuesday, including 502 imported infections, the Ministry of Health reported in its daily update.

The weekly infection growth rate on Tuesday was 1.09, up from up from Monday's 0.95.

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