Huge jump puts Singapore's Covid-19 caseload ahead of neighbours (update)

Medical personnel sorting out medical supplies at a dormitory on Monday (April 20) due to the Covid outbreak in Singapore. Singapore's Health Ministry confirmed an additional 1,426 cases of Covid-19 infection on Monday (April 20), by far the biggest daily increase seen in the country. - Reuters

SINGAPORE/JAKARTA: Singapore's Health Ministry confirmed an additional 1,426 cases of Covid-19 infection on Monday (April 20), by far the biggest daily increase seen in the country.

The spike, based on preliminary data, takes Singapore's caseload to 8,014, meaning the city-state has reported more incidences of Covid-19 than any other country in South-East Asia.