Singapore overtakes Indonesia and Philippines with most Covid-19 cases in Asean

A migrant worker from India trims the trees along Holland Road in Singapore on Sunday (April 19). The number of new coronavirus cases in the city state has more than doubled over the past week amid an explosion of infections in crowded dormitories for foreign workers, which now makes up around 60% of Singapore's cases. - AP

SINGAPORE: Singapore overtook Indonesia in coronavirus infections and now has the most cases in South-East Asia after the city-state detected hundreds more victims among low-wage foreign workers.

Authorities said an additional 596 cases were confirmed as of Sunday evening, bringing the total to 6,558 in the country. Of the 596, only 25 are Singaporeans or permanent residents, the health ministry said in a statement.