New COVID cluster at ION Orchard, 23 new cases identified in Singapore
Staff Writer, Singapore
·Editorial Team
Thu, 24 June 2021, 4:07 pm·6-min read
People seen along Orchard Road on 24 May 2021. (PHOTO: Dhany Osman / Yahoo News Singapore)
SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday (23 June) confirmed 23 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, taking the country's total case count to 62,493.
Fourteen are local cases in the community. Of them, 12 are linked and the remaining two are unlinked. Thursday marks the 60th consecutive day with local cases reported.
The nine remaining cases are imported, including two Singaporeans and two permanent residents who returned from India. One of the returning Singaporeans is an eight-year-old boy.
The remaining imported cases are three work permit holders who arrived from Indonesia, all of whom are foreign domestic workers, as well as two short-term visit pass holders who arrived from Bangladesh for work projects here.
"Amongst the new cases today, 15 are asymptomatic, and were detected from our proactive screening and surveillance, while eight were symptomatic," said the MOH.
The ministry also identified one new cluster at ION Orchard, as well as announced the closure of three clusters linked to "Case 63515", "Case 63708", and Harvest @ Woodlands dormitory. This brings the current number of active COVID-19 clusters in Singapore to 37.
The ION Orchard cluster is linked to five previously reported cases, including a baker at (Takashimaya's St Leaven outlet and a senior executive at NETS.
The cluster was first linked to a 35-year-old Malaysian woman who works as a retail assistant at ION Orchard's and AMK Hub's Four Leaves outlets. She was confirmed to have COVID-19 on 7 June.