Number of people in Singapore hospitalised for Covid-19 rising since March


People waiting outside Khoo Teck Puat Hospital’s emergency department on April 20. - ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO

SINGAPORE, May 7 (The Straits Times/ANN): Amid a fairly high tally of Covid-19 infections being reported here, the number of people hospitalised has also been climbing over the past eight weeks, since the week of March 5.

Between April 23 and 29, 568 people were admitted to hospital, with 15 sent to the intensive care unit (ICU).

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