4,248 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore; 16 more deaths bring tally to 380
Published October 29, 2021
Updated October 30, 2021
Ili Nadhirah Mansor/TODAY
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SINGAPORE — Singapore on Friday (Oct 29) logged 4,248 new cases of Covid-19 and 16 more deaths due to complications from the disease.
In its nightly update on the coronavirus situation here, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said that there were 80 patients who were unstable and under close monitoring in intensive care units (ICUs) to prevent further deterioration, up from the 75 reported the day before.
In addition, there were 59 patients who were critically ill and intubated in ICUs, two fewer than on Thursday.
The number of patients who require oxygen support went down from 294 on Thursday to 257 on Friday.
In total, there are 362 ICU beds, of which 268 are now occupied — 139 by Covid-19 patients.
This means that the ICU utilisation rate is now 74 per cent, slightly up from the 72.8 per cent reported the day before.
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Among the new infections recorded on Friday, 3,710 were in the community, 536 were made up of migrant worker dormitory residents and the remaining two were imported.
The ratio of community cases in the past week compared with the week before stood at 1.15, up from the 1.13 reported the day before.
On Friday, there were 559 people above the age of 60 among the community cases, MOH said.
The 16 who died were aged between 44 and 90.
“All of them had various underlying medical conditions,” the ministry said without giving more details.
MOH, however, added that the 44-year-old person who died had been an unvaccinated case.
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In total, 380 people here have died of Covid-19 complications, including 279 this month alone.
Singapore has registered a total of 192,099 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic last year.