SINGAPORE -
Five more Covid-19 cases were linked to the CHIJ Katong Convent cluster on Sunday (Aug 8), taking the total number of cases related to the secondary school to eight.
Students at the school were placed on home-based learning for a short while last month after two of them tested positive for the virus.
Two new active clusters - linked to Case 67738 and Case 67704 - were also announced by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday.
Each of these had two new cases, taking the total number in each cluster to three, said MOH, which did not provide more details on the clusters.
The Jurong Fishery Port cluster - Singapore's largest - grew by four more cases to reach a total of 1,147.
There are now a total of 130 active clusters, ranging between three and 1,147 infections each.
Three new cases were added to the Nimble/Knead massage parlour cluster, growing its total to seven. And three new cases were also linked to Case 67343, taking the cluster's total to 35.
Singapore recorded 73 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases on Sunday, including 21 unlinked cases.
A total of 542 cases are currently warded in hospital, said the ministry.
There are 37 patients who are seriously ill and require oxygen support. Eight are in critical condition in the intensive care unit (ICU), up from four the previous day.
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