It's five figures again as Singapore reports 13,794 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday (July 19)

SINGAPORE, July 19 (Xinhua): Singapore reported 13,794 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total tally to 1,616,067.

Of the new cases, 979 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and 12,815 through ART (antigen rapid test) tests, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health.

Among the PCR cases, 937 were local transmissions and 42 were imported cases. Among the ART cases with mild symptoms and assessed to be of low risk, there were 12,341 local transmissions and 474 imported cases, respectively.

A total of 795 cases are currently warded in hospitals, with 13 cases in intensive care units.

Three deaths were reported from Covid-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total death toll to 1,460, the ministry said.

Earlier, on Tuesday (July 19) morning, Singapore's The Straits Times reported that four-year-old girl who came down with Covid-19 has died, said the Ministry of Health.

This is the second death here caused by the coronavirus in a patient aged below 12.

Responding to media queries on Tuesday, MOH said the child died from pneumonia on Sunday, and that she had no past medical history and was previously well.

"She developed symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection and fever on July 15, and tested positive for Covid-19 via an antigen rapid test on Sunday at a general practitioner clinic," said MOH.

She was prescribed medications for her symptoms but remained unwell, and collapsed later that night, the ministry added.

MOH said that the cause of death was later determined by the state coroner to be Covid-19 pneumonia.

On June 27, the ministry said a 1½-year-old boy died from encephalitis - or inflammation of the brain - due to Covid-19 and two other viruses.