Over 8,800 cases of Covid-19 reinfection detected in Singapore since last November


The majority of reinfection cases took place in patients below the age of 60. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, April 5 (The Straits Times/ANN): Some 8,845 cases of Covid-19 reinfection were detected here from the start of last November to March 25 this year, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Tuesday.

In a written response to questions from Workers' Party MP He Ting Ru (Sengkang GRC), Ong said that a vast majority of these cases were mild, and that one case required admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and two deaths were reported.

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