Gahmen needs to come clean on those cases classified as "work permit holders not residing in domintories"

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from MOH report 8 November 2021:

Summary of local situation · 1,725 cases remain warded in hospital. 301 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 62 are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 67 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 68.5%. · Over the last 28 days, of the 91,425 infected individuals, 98.7% had no or mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.3% were in the ICU, and 0.2% has died. · As of 7 November 2021, 85% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 18% has received boosters. · Over the past day, 3,216 cases were discharged, of whom 479 are seniors aged 60 years and above. 2,470 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, with 2,307 in the community, 156 in the migrant worker dormitories and 7 imported cases. The weekly infection growth rate is 0.84.

Situation at Hospitals

1. As of 8 November 2021, 301 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 62 are unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 67 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 68.5%.

Figure 1: Daily Adult ICU Bed Utilisation


Status of Patients

2. Over the last 28 days, 98.7% of local infected cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.2% were unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 0.1% had been critically ill and intubated in the ICU.

Figure 2: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Severity of Condition1

3. Seniors 60 years old and above, especially if unvaccinated, continue to be more adversely affected by COVID-19:

Figure 3: Patients Needing Oxygen Supplementation, ICU Care or Died2, by Age Groups

Vaccination

4. As of 7 November 2021, 85% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 18% has received their booster shots.

5. Over the past 7 days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.5 and 5.2 per 100,000 population respectively. Over the same period, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who died are 0.1 and 0.9 per 100,000 population respectively. Among seniors aged 60 and above, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are 1.8 and 43.1 respectively. The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.4 and 9.4 respectively.

Figure 4: 7-Day Moving Average of Number of Deaths and Active Cases in ICU, per 100,000 Population by Vaccination Status3


Inflow and Outflow of Cases

6. Over the past day, 3,216 cases were discharged, of whom 479 are seniors aged 60 years and above.

7. As of 8 November 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 2,470 new cases of COVID-19 infection, comprising 2,307 community cases, 156 dormitory resident cases and 7 imported cases. Amongst the community cases today are 355 seniors who are aged 60 years and above. The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before is 0.84.

8. 14 more cases, aged between 56 and 98 years, have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. All of them had various underlying medical conditions.

Figure 5: Number of Community Cases by Age


Figure 6: Week-on-week Infection Ratio4


9. We are closely monitoring the clusters listed below, which have already been ringfenced through tracing, testing and isolation.

Figure 7: Large Clusters with New Cases

Cluster​	New Cases​	Total5​	Remarks​
MWS Nursing Home – Yew Tee	4​	14​	Transmission amongst residents.
Jamiyah Home for the Aged (Tampines)	1​	61​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 61 cases, 9 are staff and 52 are residents.
Institute of Mental Health	7​	397​	Transmission amongst staff and patients. Of the 397 cases, 26 are staff and 371 are patients.
Acacia Home	3​	44​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 44 cases, 2 are staff and 42 are residents.
ECON Medicare Centre & Nursing Home (10 Buangkok View Block 9)	1​	37​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 37 cases, 1 is a staff and 36 are residents.

10. Please refer to MOH’s daily Situation Report (www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.


MINISTRY OF HEALTH
8 NOVEMBER 2021
1 Includes only new cases reported in the past 28 days. Based on cases’ worst-ever condition; deceased cases previously in ICU are counted under ‘Deceased’ and not under ‘Ever Critically ill and Intubated in ICU’.
2 May differ from the deaths reported for the day as the latter includes those who have passed on earlier, but whose cause of death was investigated and confirmed only later, e.g. Coroner’s cases.
3 Non-fully vaccinated comprises persons who are partially vaccinated and completely unvaccinated.
4 Ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before.
5 Includes new cases added today.

 

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from MOH report 8 November 2021:

Resuming More School and IHL Activities to Support the Holistic Development and Well-Being of Students​

1. To enrich the learning experiences and better support the long-term holistic development and well-being of our students, MOE will gradually resume more school activities, including Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs), in our schools and Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs). This is in view that our student population above the age of 12 in schools and IHLs have high vaccination rates, which puts us in a good position to resume more elements of school life, with appropriate safeguards.

Resumption of More School Activities from November 2021​

2. From 10 November 2021, secondary schools and secondary/senior sections of Special Education (SPED) schools, Junior Colleges (JCs)/Millennia Institute (MI) and IHLs will be allowed to conduct masked activities in sub-groups of up to 5 persons, subject to existing Safe Management Measures (SMMs).

3. In addition, these educational institutes will pilot the resumption of team sports formats to allow a group of up to 10 fully vaccinated persons (including players, umpires, linesmen, etc.) to play together, similar to the community team sports formats pilot run by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY). As part of this pilot, participants will be required to produce a valid negative antigen rapid test (ART) result on-site prior to each game. MOE will review the outcome of these pilots in November and December to prepare for scaling up of these sports activities for 2022.

Back-to-School Plans for 2022​

4. From January 2022, MOE will continue to resume more elements of school life for our secondary schools and JCs/MI, including activities which have been suspended or disrupted previously, such as the flag-raising ceremony, assemblies, learning journeys, CCAs, National School Games and the Singapore Youth Festival. Likewise, our IHLs will also look to bring back more aspects of campus life such as more in-person lessons and student activities, and larger scale IHL sports events (e.g. POL-ITE games and Inter-Faculty Games). Further details will be shared subsequently.

5. In addition, similar to the arrangement earlier this year, only Kindergarten 1 (K1) children in MOE Kindergartens and Primary 1 (P1) students, including from the primary/junior sections of SPED schools, will report to their schools for the first day of school on 4 January 2022. One parent/guardian will be allowed to accompany their K1 or P1 child/ward to their new school to help them better adjust to the new environment and routines. K2 children and P2 to P6 students will only return to school on 5 January 2022. This will better facilitate the safe return of students at the start of the school year and ensure that SMMs can be implemented effectively.

6. MOE will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation closely and make adjustments where necessary to keep our school environment safe while gradually resuming more school and student activities as we learn to live with endemic COVID-19. We urge all students and staff to continue practising good personal hygiene, adhere to SMMs, and exercise social responsibility.

 

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from MOH report 8 November 2021:

OPENING REMARKS BY MINISTER FOR HEALTH MR ONG YE KUNG AT COVID-19 MULTI-MINISTRY TASKFORCE PRESS CONFERENCE ON 8 NOVEMBER 2021​

Let me revisit the analogy I used at the last press conference, which is that COVID-19 is like riding a bike downslope. Left on its own, it will go faster and faster, and eventually we lose control of it and crash.

Speed of Bike and SMMs

2. That is why we apply brakes, so that the bike goes down at a controlled speed, and we can arrive safely at our destination. There are three brakes – Safe Management Measures, vaccination and boosters, and border restrictions.

3. How fast is our bike going down the slope now? With everything that we are doing – selected border openings and VTLs, wide coverage of vaccination, active boosting, Safe Management Measures such as masks wearing and group size of two – the bike is actually slowing down.

4. And hence we see the week-on-week infection ratios going below one. Our reproduction rate of infections is now estimated to be about 0.9. The situation in our ICU wards is currently stable, improving slightly, but only slightly.

5. We are watching all these numbers and their trajectory very closely. Many MOH experts or healthcare experts have expressed that while the situation has improved, by no means have we reached an equilibrium with the virus or are we in a steady state situation yet.

6. There is no doubt, if we remove all the Safe Management Measures tomorrow, infections, ICU numbers and deaths will spike rapidly. But the current situation, with all the measures currently in place, gives us some scope to relax the measures that we spoke about at the last press conference.

7. So, on the brake of Safe Management Measures, there can be some relaxation measures as mentioned by Minister Gan, and Minister Lawrence Wong will elaborate on it.



Border Controls

8. As for the brake on border control, the general situation has not changed – which is that the pandemic situation has stabilised in many countries, and in fact for many of them, their infection rates are lower than Singapore’s, which makes this brake not so relevant in today’s circumstances.

9. There has however been a new development since our last press conference, which is a new wave of infections in Europe as they approach winter. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Europe is once again at the epicentre of the pandemic.

10. The new wave in Europe is due to insufficient vaccination take-up. According to the WHO, three-quarters of new cases in Europe were aged over 65 years, and most were unvaccinated.

11. Hence, European countries with lower vaccination rates, such as Germany, France and Switzerland, are seeing higher hospitalisation rates as compared to countries like Denmark, Italy and Spain, with higher vaccination rates, and fewer people getting hospitalised. That is why the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be described as a “pandemic of the unvaccinated”.

12. Overall, despite the rising cases in Europe, infection rates are not out of control in Europe. To illustrate, Singapore’s infection rate, based on the past 7 days average, is about 46 per 100,000 population. Denmark and Germany, despite rising cases are at 28; Spain below 5; Sweden 8; France 10; Switzerland 24; Netherlands 51; UK 55. So, all comparable within a certain range.

13. MOH will continue to closely monitor the situation in Europe and elsewhere in the world too. What is noteworthy is that within Southeast Asia, the pandemic situation is fast stabilising. We will therefore be adjusting the risk classification for several ASEAN countries, including upgrading Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam from Category 3 to 2, and Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand from Category 4 to 3. And this gives us scope to start opening up our borders with regional countries as well.





Vaccination

14. The next set of brakes, are vaccination and boosters.

15. Including those who have received their first doses, we have covered 95% of our eligible population. This has been a tremendous feat.

16. So when we report every night in our press release that 85% of our total population has completed their full primary series regimen of vaccines, the remaining unvaccinated individuals comprise mainly two groups.

17. First, are the eligible groups who remain unvaccinated. Second, children below 12 who are not yet eligible.

18. For the first group, we are particularly concerned about unvaccinated seniors above the age of 60 years, as they are very likely to fall seriously ill if infected with COVID-19. But with the hard work of all our vaccination teams, we have reduced this group significantly. The size of this group was 175,000 in early August. Today, it is below 64,000.

19. If not for this reduction, our hospitals and ICUs today would have been already overwhelmed. I want to once again thank all our partners who made this possible, and especially those who volunteered their time.

20. The Mobile Vaccination Teams (MVT) and Home Vaccination Teams (HVT) were especially critical in bringing vaccinations closer to the seniors. Since July 2021, the MVTs have reached 70,000 persons, including 27,000 seniors.

21. And now given that the Sinovac vaccine is part of the National Vaccination Programme, from 8 November, our MVTs will also administer the Sinovac vaccine.

22. Since 30 October, we started using the Sinovac vaccine at the Raffles City vaccination centre and approved clinics, and allowed walk-ins for seniors if they are aged above 60. Since then, more than 2,900 individuals have come forward to receive their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, and amongst these, 500 are seniors.

23. So it is not a huge number, but three doses of the Sinovac vaccine can provide good protection against COVID-19 related severe illnesses and deaths, and it will further reduce the number of vulnerable unvaccinated seniors.

24. Next, our booster programme is also progressing well. As of 4 November, amongst those invited to receive their boosters, 85% of those aged 60 years and above have received their booster dose or booked an appointment, 52% of those aged 50 to 59 years, and 67% of those aged 30 to 49 years have done so.

25. Before the end of the year, we should have 50% of our population who have taken their boosters. We can already see the difference boosters are making to both case numbers and severity of illnesses. In the coming weeks, it will make a huge difference in terms of living with COVID-19.

26. From one end of the age spectrum, let us now move to the other end – which is our children. The incidence of COVID-19 infection in children has been increasing with the local surge in cases.

27. While children have a lower risk of severe disease, with a large number of cases, a small number can still develop life-threatening disease and severe later complications such as MIS-C (Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children). So far, we have four such cases out of 8,000 children COVID-19 infections, which translates into 0.05%. Vaccination will reduce this risk. Dr Janil Puthucheary and DMS Kenneth Mak will speak more about this later. But I want to say something about the vaccination of children.

28. MOH has been in talks with Pfizer to prepare for the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 years. We have said and reported that the whole process will likely take us to early next year, before vaccination can start.

29. The major development over the past week had been the authorisation by the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 years. Twitter is now full of pictures of children in the US receiving their COVID-19 vaccines. I was told Sesame Street made a video of one of their muppets, Rosita, taking her vaccination as well. So they are promoting this in the US.

30. The decision was made in the US after a clinical trial conducted by Pfizer for children in this age group, each of whom, as recommended by the drug manufacturer, received one-third of the full adult dosage. So children will still receive two doses, separated. Each dose is one-third that of the adult dosage. And that was done during the clinical trial in the US. The study in the US concluded that vaccination for this group is safe and effective based on this reduced dosage of the adult formulation of the vaccine.

31. Our Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination (EC19V) has studied the data and agreed with the conclusions of the US review. They assessed that in Singapore, it is overall beneficial for children to receive the vaccines, especially in the current setting of community transmission.

32. The EC19V will soon, we expect maybe second half of this month, to make a recommendation on the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 years in Singapore.

33. At the same time, MOH is embarking on a study involving a few hundred children in this age group who will receive the recommended smaller dosage of the adult formulation. This is partly to see the results for ourselves in a local context, but more importantly, to work out a smooth vaccination process for the children and their parents, before we scale up.

34. Hence, we are pushing ahead with vaccination for children aged 5 to 11 years as soon as we can, and once the EC19V has finalised their recommendation and given the go-ahead. This is so that parents have the added assurance and peace of mind that their children can become protected.

35. Once vaccinations cover children aged 5 to 11 years, we would have left with only a small proportion of our population not covered by vaccines. There are mainly two groups:

36. For the very young, aged 0 to 4 years, we will have to continue to monitor the development of vaccines suitable for them. Fortunately, by and large, the virus tends to affect this group less adversely.

37. As for individuals who do not want to take any of the vaccines, we will need to have Safe Management Measures which differentiate between the vaccinated and unvaccinated. This is in order to protect the unvaccinated, and also to preserve our healthcare capacity. One example is the restrictions on the unvaccinated to participate in higher risk activities and settings, such as dining in restaurants, hawker centres and coffee shops.

38. For hawker centres and coffee shops, we now rely on a light-touch approach of checking to see if they are vaccinated. But it is a high-risk setting, and we will need to move towards a system of more thorough checks at the entrances to ensure that vaccination differentiation is well implemented.

39. As I have mentioned in a recent Parliamentary reply, MOH will also have to impose hospital charges for COVID-19 patients who are eligible but choose not to be vaccinated. This will start from 8 December 2021.

40. Our hospitals really much prefer not to have to bill these patients at all, but we have to send this important signal, to urge everyone to get vaccinated if you are eligible. Billing will still be based on our current subsidy framework, subject to MediSave use and MediShield Life claims. So it will still be highly supported and highly subsidised.





Healthcare Capacity

41. Finally, let me just say a few words on healthcare capacity, specifically on the Home Recovery Programme (HRP), and my colleagues will elaborate further on the ICU and condition of our COVID-19 patients.

42. For HRP, operations have been stable and quite smooth. Response time has improved greatly. Currently, over 90% of COVID-19 patients receive their follow-up call from MOH within 24 hours to onboard them.

43. However, there is still the last 10% who are not onboarded on time. The key is for the individuals to fill up the FormSG quickly and properly once you receive the SMS notifying that you have a positive PCR result. That will automatically trigger the response from the HRP operations team and resolve most of the delays and most of the problems.

44. As for those who require telemedicine consultations, the average waiting time had been brought down to around two hours now.

45. I want to specifically address the concerns of one group, which is our seniors who prefer to recover at home, because loved ones are around, and they are familiar with the surroundings.

46. I want to assure our seniors that although our healthcare protocol says that by default, we convey COVID-19 patients above 80 years old to hospitals, this is a default guideline. Where such patients prefer to be cared for at home, we want to support you to do so, including through the home-based care programmes of many of our hospitals.

47. But if we do so, we must also be prepared for the possibility that some patients who are at the end of their lives and who will request to be cared for at home, may pass away at home. And should this happen, we will also make the subsequent process smoother.

48. There was a recent case reported in the media on a senior who tested positive using ART kit and then subsequently passed away at home, and the family had difficulty having the body conveyed out of the residence. I read a follow-up letter from the Association of Funeral Directors, which said that the current MOH rules do not allow them to handle COVID-positive cases in residential premises.

49. So we will take the feedback and revisit the regulations. If they are unclear, we will improve them. We will also work closely with the National Environment Agency and some of the funeral directors to ensure that whatever revised regulations we have can allow them to safely handle COVID-positive cases who pass away at home.

50. We are seeing more and more seniors with advanced medical conditions, who want to undergo palliative care and spend their last precious moments at home, in the presence of loved ones, and we respect these decisions. We think it reflects a positive shift in societal attitude, and MOH will support this shift.

 

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from MOH report 9 November 2021:

Summary of local situation 1,700 cases remain warded in hospital. 300 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 68 are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 72 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 72.4%. Over the last 28 days, of the 91,844 infected individuals, 98.7% had no or mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.3% were in the ICU, and 0.2% has died. As of 8 November 2021, 85% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 18% has received boosters. Over the past day, 2,834 cases were discharged, of whom 459 are seniors aged 60 years and above. 3,397 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, with 3,222 in the community, 169 in the migrant worker dormitories and 6 imported cases. The weekly infection growth rate is 0.82.

Situation at Hospitals

1. As of 9 November 2021, 300 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 68 are unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 72 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 72.4%.

Figure 1: Daily Adult ICU Bed Utilisation





Status of Patients

2. Over the last 28 days, 98.7% of local infected cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.2% were unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 0.1% had been critically ill and intubated in the ICU.

Figure 2: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Severity of Condition1





3. Seniors 60 years old and above, especially if unvaccinated, continue to be more adversely affected by COVID-19:

Figure 3: Patients Needing Oxygen Supplementation, ICU Care or Died2 by Age Groups




Vaccination

4. As of 8 November 2021, 85% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 18% has received their booster shots.

5. Over the past 7 days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.5 and 5.2 per 100,000 population respectively. Over the same period, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who died are 0.1 and 0.9 per 100,000 population respectively. Among seniors aged 60 and above, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are 1.8 and 44.1 respectively. The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.4 and 9.1 respectively.

Figure 4: 7-Day Moving Average of Number of Deaths and Active Cases in ICU, per 100,000 Population by Vaccination Status3





Inflow and Outflow of Cases

6. Over the past day, 2,834 cases were discharged, of whom 459 are seniors aged 60 years and above.

7. As of 9 November 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 3,397 new cases of COVID-19 infection, comprising 3,222 community cases, 169 dormitory resident cases and 6 imported cases. Amongst the community cases today are 513 seniors who are aged 60 years and above. The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before is 0.82.

8. 12 more cases, aged between 58 and 95 years, have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. All of them, except for an unvaccinated individual, had various underlying medical conditions.

Figure 5: Number of Community Cases by Age




Figure 6: Week-on-week Infection Ratio4



9. We are closely monitoring the clusters listed below, which have already been ringfenced through tracing, testing and isolation.

Figure 7: Large Clusters with New Cases

Cluster	New Cases	Total5	Remarks
Institute of Mental Health	7	404	Transmission amongst staff and patients. Of the 404 cases, 27 are staff and 377 are patients.
Acacia Home	1	45	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 45 cases, 2 are staff and 43 are residents.
Jenaris Home @ Pelangi Village	2	31	Transmission amongst residents. Of the 31 cases, 2 are staff and 29 are residents.
PCF Sparkletots @ Whampoa Block 85	1	26	Transmission amongst students. Of the 26 cases, 14 are students and 12 are household contacts of cases.

10. Please refer to MOH's daily Situation Report (http://www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.


MINISTRY OF HEALTH
9 NOVEMBER 2021

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[1] Includes only new cases reported in the past 28 days. Based on cases' worst-ever condition; deceased cases previously in ICU are counted under 'Deceased' and not under 'Ever Critically ill and Intubated in ICU'.
[2] May differ from the deaths reported for the day as the latter includes those who have passed on earlier, but whose cause of death was investigated and confirmed only later, e.g. Coroner's cases.
[3] Non-fully vaccinated comprises persons who are partially vaccinated and completely unvaccinated.
[4] Ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before.
[5] Includes new cases added today.

 

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from MOH report 10 November 2021:

Summary of local situation · 1,686 cases remain warded in hospital. 261 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 62 are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 75 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 71.0%. · Over the last 28 days, of the 92,132 infected individuals, 98.7% had no or mild symptoms, 0.7% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.3% were in the ICU, and 0.2% has died. · As of 9 November 2021, 85% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 19% has received boosters. · Over the past day, 2,495 cases were discharged, of whom 433 are seniors aged 60 years and above. 3,481 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, with 3,244 in the community, 229 in the migrant worker dormitories and 8 imported cases. The weekly infection growth rate is 0.88.

Situation at Hospitals

1. As of 10 November 2021, 261 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 62 are unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 75 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 71.0%.

Figure 1: Daily Adult ICU Bed Utilisation


Status of Patients

2. Over the last 28 days, 98.7% of local infected cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, 0.7% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.2% were unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 0.1% had been critically ill and intubated in the ICU.

Figure 2: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Severity of Condition1


3. Seniors 60 years old and above, especially if unvaccinated, continue to be more adversely affected by COVID-19:

Figure 3: Patients Needing Oxygen Supplementation, ICU Care or Died2, by Age Groups


Vaccination

4. As of 9 November 2021, 85% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 19% has received their booster shots.

5. Over the past 7 days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.5 and 5.3 per 100,000 population respectively. Over the same period, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who died are 0.1 and 1.0 per 100,000 population respectively. Among seniors aged 60 and above, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are 1.9 and 45.8 respectively. The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.4 and 9.5 respectively.

Figure 4: 7-Day Moving Average of Number of Deaths and Active Cases in ICU, per 100,000 Population by Vaccination Status3


Inflow and Outflow of Cases

6. Over the past day, 2,495 cases were discharged, of whom 433 are seniors aged 60 years and above.

7. As of 10 November 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 3,481 new cases of COVID-19 infection, comprising 3,244 community cases, 229 dormitory resident cases and 8 imported cases. Amongst the community cases today are 506 seniors who are aged 60 years and above. The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before is 0.88.

8. 17 more cases, aged between 65 and 101 years, have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. All of them had various underlying medical conditions.

Figure 5: Number of Community Cases by Age


Figure 6: Week-on-week Infection Ratio4


9. We are closely monitoring the clusters listed below, which have already been ringfenced through tracing, testing and isolation.

Figure 7: Large Clusters with New Cases

Cluster​	New Cases​	Total5​	Remarks​
NTUC Health Nursing Home (Chai Chee)	1​	16​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 16 cases, 2 are staff and 14 are residents.
Institute of Mental Health	4​	408​	Transmission amongst staff and patients. Of the 408 cases, 27 are staff and 381 are patients.
Acacia Home	1​	47​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 47 cases, 3 are staff and 44 are residents.
Jenaris Home @ Pelangi Village	1​	32​	Transmission amongst residents. Of the 32 cases, 2 are staff and 30 are residents.
Banyan Home @ Pelangi Village	1​	97​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 97 cases, 1 is a staff and 96 are residents.
NTUC Health Nursing Home (Geylang East)	1​	20​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 20 cases, 1 is a staff and 19 are residents.
MWS Nursing Home – Yew Tee	2​	17​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 17 cases, 1 is a staff and 16 are residents.

10. Please refer to MOH’s daily Situation Report (www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH
10 NOVEMBER 2021

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1 Includes only new cases reported in the past 28 days. Based on cases’ worst-ever condition; deceased cases previously in ICU are counted under ‘Deceased’ and not under ‘Ever Critically ill and Intubated in ICU’.

2 May differ from the deaths reported for the day as the latter includes those who have passed on earlier, but whose cause of death was investigated and confirmed only later, e.g. Coroner’s cases.

3 Non-fully vaccinated comprises persons who are partially vaccinated and completely unvaccinated.

4 Ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before.

5 Includes new cases added today.

 

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from MOH report 11 November 2021:

Summary of local situation

· 1,610 cases remain warded in hospital. 270 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 59 are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 70 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 68.9%.

· Over the last 28 days, of the 91,581 infected individuals, 98.7% had no or mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.3% were in the ICU, and 0.2% has died.

· As of 10 November 2021, 85% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 19% has received boosters.

· Over the past day, 4,410 cases were discharged, of whom 609 are seniors aged 60 years and above. 2,396 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, with 2,243 in the community, 136 in the migrant worker dormitories and 17 imported cases. The weekly infection growth rate is 0.87.

SITUATION AT HOSPITALS​

1. As of 11 November 2021, 270 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 59 are unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 70 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 68.9%.

Figure 1: Daily Adult ICU Bed Utilisation
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STATUS OF PATIENTS​

2. Over the last 28 days, 98.7% of local infected cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.2% were unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 0.1% had been critically ill and intubated in the ICU.

Figure 2: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Severity of Condition1
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3. Seniors 60 years old and above, especially if unvaccinated, continue to be more adversely affected by COVID-19:

Figure 3: Patients Needing Oxygen Supplementation, ICU Care or Died2, by Age Groups
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Vaccination

4. As of 10 November 2021, 85% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 19% has received their booster shots.

5. Over the past 7 days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.5 and 5.3 per 100,000 population respectively. Over the same period, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who died are 0.1 and 0.9 per 100,000 population respectively. Among seniors aged 60 and above, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are 1.8 and 46.3 respectively. The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.4 and 8.9 respectively.

Figure 4: 7-Day Moving Average of Number of Deaths and Active Cases in ICU, per 100,000 Population by Vaccination Status3
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Inflow and Outflow of Cases

6. Over the past day, 4,410 cases were discharged, of whom 609 are seniors aged 60 years and above.

7. As of 11 November 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 2,396 new cases of COVID-19 infection, comprising 2,243 community cases, 136 dormitory resident cases and 17 imported cases. Amongst the community cases today are 370 seniors who are aged 60 years and above. The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before is 0.87.

8. 8 more cases, aged between 74 and 100 years, have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. All of them had various underlying medical conditions.

Figure 5: Number of Community Cases by Age

Figure 6: Week-on-week Infection Ratio4
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9. We are closely monitoring the clusters listed below, which have already been ringfenced through tracing, testing and isolation.

Figure 7: Large Clusters with New Cases​

Cluster​	New Cases​	Total5​	Remarks​
St John’s - St Margaret’s Nursing Home	1​	17​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 17 cases, 3 are staff and 14 are residents.
NTUC Health Senior Day Care (Taman Jurong)	3​	29​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 29 cases, 6 are staff, 18 are residents and 5 are household contacts of cases.
Acacia Home	2​	49​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 49 cases, 3 are staff and 46 are residents.
Jenaris Home @ Pelangi Village	2​	34​	Transmission amongst residents. Of the 34 cases, 2 are staff and 32 are residents.
MWS Nursing Home – Yew Tee	1​	18​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 18 cases, 1 is a staff and 17 are residents.

10. Please refer to MOH’s daily Situation Report (www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.



MINISTRY OF HEALTH
11 NOVEMBER 2021


[1] Includes only new cases reported in the past 28 days. Based on cases’ worst-ever condition; deceased cases previously in ICU are counted under ‘Deceased’ and not under ‘Ever Critically ill and Intubated in ICU’.
[2] May differ from the deaths reported for the day as the latter includes those who have passed on earlier, but whose cause of death was investigated and confirmed only later, e.g. Coroner’s cases.
[3] Non-fully vaccinated comprises persons who are partially vaccinated and completely unvaccinated.
[4] Ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before.
[5] Includes new cases added today.

 

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from MOH report 12 November 2021:

Summary of local situation 1,616 cases remain warded in hospital. 280 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 31 are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 75 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 67.0%. Over the last 28 days, of the 91,231 infected individuals, 98.7% had no or mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.3% were in the ICU, and 0.2% has died. As of 11 November 2021, 85% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 19% has received boosters. Over the past day, 2,979 cases were discharged, of whom 456 are seniors aged 60 years and above. 3,099 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, with 2,965 in the community, 128 in the migrant worker dormitories and 6 imported cases. The weekly infection growth rate is 1.04. The week-on-week ratio has increased due to the relatively low number of cases during the Deepavali public holiday last week.

SITUATION AT HOSPITALS​

1. As of 12 November 2021, 280 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 31 are unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 75 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 67.0%.
Figure 1: Daily Adult ICU Bed Utilisation


Status of Patients
2. Over the last 28 days, 98.7% of local infected cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.2% were unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 0.1% had been critically ill and intubated in the ICU.
Figure 2: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Severity of Condition[1]




3. Seniors 60 years old and above, especially if unvaccinated, continue to be more adversely affected by COVID-19:
Figure 3: Patients Needing Oxygen Supplementation, ICU Care or Died[2], by Age Groups



Vaccination
4. As of 11 November 2021, 85% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 19% has received their booster shots.


5. Over the past 7 days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.5 and 5.4 per 100,000 population respectively. Over the same period, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who died are 0.1 and 0.9 per 100,000 population respectively. Among seniors aged 60 and above, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are 1.8 and 47.6 respectively. The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.4 and 9.3 respectively.

Figure 4: 7-Day Moving Average of Number of Deaths and Active Cases in ICU, per 100,000 Population by Vaccination Status [3]
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Inflow and Outflow of Cases

6. Over the past day, 2,979 cases were discharged, of whom 456 are seniors aged 60 years and above.



7. As of 12 November 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 3,099 new cases of COVID-19 infection, comprising 2,965 community cases, 128 dormitory resident cases and 6 imported cases. Amongst the community cases today are 479 seniors who are aged 60 years and above. The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before has increased to 1.04 due to the relatively low number of cases during the Deepavali public holiday last week.





8. 14 more cases, aged between 35 and 102 years, have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. All of them, except for an unvaccinated case, had various underlying medical conditions. The 35 year-old individual had not been vaccinated against COVID-19, and had multiple comorbidities.

Figure 5: Number of Community Cases by Age









Figure 6: Week-on-week Infection Ratio [4]



9. We are closely monitoring the clusters listed below, which have already been ringfenced through tracing, testing and isolation.

Figure 7: Large Clusters with New Cases

Cluster​	New Cases​	Total[5]​	Remarks​
Safari House Preschool (Toa Payoh)	2​	11​	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 11 cases, 2 are staff and 9 are students.
Institute of Mental Health	1​	412​	Transmission amongst staff and patients. Of the 412 cases, 27 are staff and 385 are patients.
NTUC Health Nursing Home (Geylang East)	3​	23​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 23 cases, 1 is a staff and 22 are residents.
Surya Home	3​	23​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 23 cases, 3 are staff and 20 are residents.

10. Please refer to MOH’s daily Situation Report (www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH

12 NOVEMBER 2021

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[1] Includes only new cases reported in the past 28 days. Based on cases’ worst-ever condition; deceased cases previously in ICU are counted under ‘Deceased’ and not under ‘Ever Critically ill and Intubated in ICU’.
[2] May differ from the deaths reported for the day as the latter includes those who have passed on earlier, but whose cause of death was investigated and confirmed only later, e.g. Coroner’s cases.
[3] Non-fully vaccinated comprises persons who are partially vaccinated and completely unvaccinated.
[4] Ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before.
[5] Includes new cases added today.

 

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from MOH report 13 November 2021:

Summary of local situation

• 1,574 cases remain warded in hospital. 253 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 51 are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 72 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 66.3%.
• Over the last 28 days, of the 90,186 infected individuals, 98.7% had no or mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.3% were in the ICU, and 0.2% has died.
• As of 12 November 2021, 85% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 20% has received boosters.
• Over the past day,2,539 cases were discharged, of whom 389 are seniors aged 60 years and above. 2,304 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, with 2,179 in the community, 120 in the migrant worker dormitories and 5 imported cases. The weekly infection growth rate is 0.98.

Situation at Hospitals

1. As of 13 November 2021, 253 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 51 are unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 72 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 66.3%.

Figure 1: Daily Adult ICU Bed Utilisation



Status of Patients

2. Over the last 28 days, 98.7% of local infected cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.2% were unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 0.1% had been critically ill and intubated in the ICU.

Figure 2: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Severity of Condition[1]

3. Seniors 60 years old and above, especially if unvaccinated, continue to be more adversely affected by COVID-19:

Figure 3: Patients Needing Oxygen Supplementation, ICU Care or Died[2], by Age Groups



Vaccination

4. As of 12 November 2021, 85% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 20% has received their booster shots.

5. Over the past 7 days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.5 and 5.4 per 100,000 population respectively. Over the same period, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who died are 0.1 and 0.9 per 100,000 population respectively. Among seniors aged 60 and above, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are 1.9 and 47.6 respectively. The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.4 and 9.0 respectively.

Figure 4: 7-Day Moving Average of Number of Deaths and Active Cases in ICU, per 100,000 Population by Vaccination Status [3]


Inflow and Outflow of Cases

6. Over the past day, 2,539 cases were discharged, of whom 389 are seniors aged 60 years and above.

7. As of 13 November 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 2,304 new cases of COVID-19 infection, comprising 2,179 community cases, 120 dormitory resident cases and 5 imported cases. Amongst the community cases today are 388 seniors who are aged 60 years and above. The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before is 0.98.

8. 14 more cases, aged between 61 and 94 years, have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. All of them, except for a partially vaccinated case, had various underlying medical conditions.

Figure 5: Number of Community Cases by Age



Figure 6: Week-on-week Infection Ratio[4]

9. We are closely monitoring the clusters listed below, which have already been ringfenced through tracing, testing and isolation.

Figure 7: Large Clusters with New Cases

Cluster​	New Cases​	Total [5] ​	Remarks​
Iman Childcare (Woodgrove)	2​	14​	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 14cases, 2 are staff and 12 are students.
Banyan Home @ Pelangi Village	5​	102​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 102 cases, 1 is a staff and 101 are residents.
Jenaris Home @ Pelangi Village	3​	37​	Transmission amongst residents. Of the 37 cases, 2 are staff and 35 are residents.
Safari House Preschool (Toa Payoh)	2​	14​	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 14cases, 3 are staff, 9 are students and 2 are household contacts of cases.
Institute of Mental Health	2​	422​	Transmission amongst staff and patients. Of the 422 cases,27 are staff and 395 are patients.
Surya Home	1​	24​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 24 cases, 3 are staff and 21 are residents.

10. Please refer to MOH’s daily Situation Report(www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH
13 NOVEMBER 2021



[1] Includes only new cases reported in the past 28 days. Based on cases’ worst-ever condition; deceased cases previously in ICU are counted under ‘Deceased’ and not under ‘Ever Critically ill and Intubated in ICU’.

[2] May differ from the deaths reported for the day as the latter includes those who have passed on earlier, but whose cause of death was investigated and confirmed only later, e.g. Coroner’s cases.

[3] Non-fully vaccinated comprises persons who are partially vaccinated and completely unvaccinated.
[4] Ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before.

[5] Includes new cases added today.

 

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from MOH report 14 November 2021:

Summary of local situation · 1,525 cases remain warded in hospital. 242 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 52 are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 69 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 63.3%. · Over the last 28 days, of the 88,848 infected individuals, 98.7% had no or mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.3% were in the ICU, and 0.2% has died. · As of 13 November 2021, 85% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 20% has received boosters. · Over the past day, 2,202 cases were discharged, of whom 393 are seniors aged 60 years and above. 1,723 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, with 1,651 in the community, 66 in the migrant worker dormitories and 6 imported cases. The weekly infection growth rate is 0.97.

Situation at Hospitals

1. As of 14 November 2021, 242 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 52 are unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 69 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 63.3%.

Figure 1: Daily Adult ICU Bed Utilisation


Status of Patients

2. Over the last 28 days, 98.7% of local infected cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.2% were unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 0.1% had been critically ill and intubated in the ICU.

Figure 2: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Severity of Condition1


3. Seniors 60 years old and above, especially if unvaccinated, continue to be more adversely affected by COVID-19:

Figure 3: Patients Needing Oxygen Supplementation, ICU Care or Died2, by Age Groups


Vaccination

4. As of 13 November 2021, 85% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 20% has received their booster shots.

5. Over the past 7 days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.5 and 5.4 per 100,000 population respectively. Over the same period, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who died are 0.1 and 0.9 per 100,000 population respectively. Among seniors aged 60 and above, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are 1.9 and 48.0 respectively. The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.4 and 9.2 respectively.

Figure 4: 7-Day Moving Average of Number of Deaths and Active Cases in ICU, per 100,000 Population by Vaccination Status3


Inflow and Outflow of Cases

6. Over the past day, 2,202 cases were discharged, of whom 393 are seniors aged 60 years and above.

7. As of 14 November 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 1,723 new cases of COVID-19 infection, comprising 1,651 community cases, 66 dormitory resident cases and 6 imported cases. Amongst the community cases today are 307 seniors who are aged 60 years and above. The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before is 0.97.

8. 10 more cases, aged between 60 and 96 years, have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. All of them had various underlying medical conditions.

Figure 5: Number of Community Cases by Age


Figure 6: Week-on-week Infection Ratio4

9. We are closely monitoring the clusters listed below, which have already been ringfenced through tracing, testing and isolation.

Cluster​	New Cases​	Total5​	Remarks​
Iman Childcare (Woodgrove)	6​	27​	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 27 cases, 6 are staff, 18 are students and 3 are household contacts of cases.
Safari House Preschool (Toa Payoh)	2​	18​	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 18 cases, 5 are staff, 10 are students and 3 are household contacts of cases.
Institute of Mental Health	1​	423​	Transmission amongst staff and patients. Of the 423 cases, 27 are staff and 396 are patients.
Surya Home	1​	25​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 25 cases, 3 are staff and 22 are residents.
Acacia Home	1​	50​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 50 cases, 3 are staff and 47 are residents.
NTUC Health Nursing Home (Chai Chee)	2​	18​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 18 cases, 2 are staff and 16 are residents.

10. Please refer to MOH’s daily Situation Report (www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH
14 NOVEMBER 2021

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1 Includes only new cases reported in the past 28 days. Based on cases’ worst-ever condition; deceased cases previously in ICU are counted under ‘Deceased’ and not under ‘Ever Critically ill and Intubated in ICU’.
2 May differ from the deaths reported for the day as the latter includes those who have passed on earlier, but whose cause of death was investigated and confirmed only later, e.g. Coroner’s cases.
3 Non-fully vaccinated comprises persons who are partially vaccinated and completely unvaccinated.
4 Ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before.
5 Includes new cases added today.

 

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from MOH report 15 November 2021:

EXTENDING VDS-ENABLED ACTIVITIES, VACCINATED TRAVEL LANES AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES FOR MIGRANT WORKERS AS PART OF CALIBRATED EASING IN STABILISATION PHASE​

On 8 November 2021, the Multi-Ministry Task Force (MTF) announced the calibrated easing of selected safe management measures (SMMs) as part of the mid-point review of the extended Stabilisation Phase. SMMs for migrant workers residing in dormitories will similarly be eased now in a calibrated manner, by expanding their community visit programme and allowing daily visits to the Recreation Centres (RCs) for migrant workers. We are also progressively rolling out more stringent implementation of Vaccination Differentiated Safe Management Measures (VDS) in hawker centres and coffee shops, in consultation with the operators, to allow up to five fully vaccinated individuals from the same household to dine-in together after being checked-in via SafeEntry. Pilots imposing more stringent entry conditions, e.g. Antigen Rapid Tests (ARTs) on top of participants being fully vaccinated, in exchange for more permissive SMMs, will also be rolled out in selected MICE, musical and sporting events in the coming weeks. Finally, we will continue reconnecting Singapore with the rest of the world in a safe way, by extending Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTLs) to include India, Indonesia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.



Updates on Local COVID-19 Situation and Healthcare Capacity



2. The week-on-week ratio of community cases has remained stable at around 0.8 to 1.0 this past week. We should expect the ratio to drift upwards as more restrictions are being relaxed and there are more social interactions. While daily case numbers continue to trend at around 3,000 a day, close to 99% of cases continue to have mild or no symptoms and the vast majority are recovering well at home.



3. The proportion of patients who require oxygen supplementation has held steady at 0.8% of our total cases, and those who require intensive care unit (ICU) care at 0.3%, in the past 28 days. The number of cases in the ICU remains high but stable in the past week at close to 130 cases per day. Our overall ICU occupancy is approximately 63%.



Updates on VDS Measures for Businesses and Community



Pilots with VDS+Test Protocol



4. We had announced our intention to pilot greater allowances for activities involving those who are less vulnerable and are fully vaccinated, subject to the additional requirement of testing before participation, i.e. a “VDS+Test” protocol. The test (Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) or ART) results must be reflected on TraceTogether, or performed or supervised by the event organiser or venue operator (either in person or virtually).



5. We will start off with selected MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions), spectator sports and live performance events, where capacity limits and zoning requirements will be eased in a calibrated manner. The pilots kicked off today with the Milken Institute Asia Summit (15-16 November 2021), and will also apply to the Bloomberg New Economy Forum (16-19 November 2021), and Industrial Transformation Asia Pacific 2021 (22-24 November 2021). JJ Lin’s two-day charity live concert “After the Rain” (27-28 November 2021), and a ONE Championship martial arts event in the coming months will also be included. More details on the requirements and safe management measures will be released by the respective event organisers.



6. The outcomes of these pilots will be assessed before deciding how to expand the protocol to more events and settings, as part of our broader plan to allow safe resumption of further activities as we move towards being a COVID-19 resilient nation.



Dine-in Restrictions for Hawker Centres and Coffee Shops



7. We had announced earlier that we will tighten the imposition of VDS in hawker centres and coffee shops, as these are mask-off settings where the unvaccinated can get infected easily. It is therefore important to have proper checks on vaccination status before someone enters a hawker centre or coffee shop, and to allow only those who are fully vaccinated to sit down to eat. This can make a very significant difference to our healthcare capacity, and especially ICU occupancy.



8. However, these are settings where implementation and enforcement are more challenging. The National Environment Agency (NEA) has been engaging the Hawkers’ Associations and Town Councils. We expect the first group of hawker centres to put in place access control and checking systems before the end of November. For these hawker centres, once the systems are up, fully vaccinated individuals from the same household can dine in groups of five, just like other F&B establishments. The remaining hawker centres should then be able to follow soon after.



9. As for coffeeshops, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has similarly been engaging the operators and will provide them with the option of putting in place a system to control access and check the status of their patrons, which will allow them to enjoy the concession for individuals from the same household to dine in groups of five. Otherwise, the prevailing group size of two will apply.



10. For dine-in of up to five individuals from the same household, we will expand the list of acceptable documents to check for proof of residence, from NRIC and SingPass, to the following approved Government digital apps: myICA and SGWorkPass.



Further Expansion of Community Visit Programme and More Convenient Access to Recreation Centres for Migrant Workers Residing in Dormitories



11. The migrant worker dormitories are now more COVID-resilient, with 98% of migrant workers residing in dormitories fully vaccinated1. Migrant workers are also taking up booster vaccinations at an encouraging pace as they become eligible. COVID-19 infections in the dormitories have stabilised over the last few weeks with an average daily number of 143 migrant workers testing PCR positive in the last week. They also have to undergo weekly testing, regardless of vaccination status2.



12. Hence, from 3 December 2021, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will further ease restrictions for migrant workers residing in dormitories by expanding the community visit programme from 3,000 migrant workers per week to 3,000 vaccinated migrant workers per day to visit any location within the community, for up to eight hours per visit. The necessary safeguards such as additional pre-event ART, i.e., before they leave their dormitories, remain in place as an added precaution.



13. We will also make RC visits more accessible for migrant workers. They will be allowed to visit the RCs daily with an extended duration of eight hours per visit. This is up from the thrice weekly cap on RC vists that is currently in place. Unvaccinated migrant workers are required to undergo a pre-visit ART to be allowed entry into RCs.



14. From mid-December, we will further increase access to RCs, and allow migrant workers to visit any RCs of their choice. MOM is working with RC operators to increase the variety of activities at the RCs, such as organising screenings of movies and sports games, and putting in place processes to manage a larger number of visits from migrant workers. More details can be found in the Annex A.



New Affordable Self-Test ART Kits Approved for Use



15. The Ministry of Health (MOH) and Health Sciences Authority (HSA), with the assistance of Diagnostic Development Hub (DxD) in Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and our healthcare institutions, have been actively sourcing for more high quality and affordable self-test ART kits, to bring down costs while ensuring that those authorised for sale in Singapore continue to meet stringent safety and quality standards.



16. To this end, on 8 November 2021, HSA had authorised the Flowflex ART kit under the Pandemic Special Access Route (PSAR) for self-test use, bringing the total number of approved ART kits to nine. Additionally, two other ART kits have been approved to undergo PSAR registration. We expect these kits to be priced significantly below the current prices of ART kits.



Ongoing Updates to Border Measures



Review of Countries/ Regions Categories



17. As part of our regular review of the COVID-19 situation in countries/ regions, we have updated the list of countries/ regions in the various categories. Details are in Annex B. These will be effective for arrivals from 18 November 2021, 2359 hours.



Extension of Vaccinated Travel Lanes to India, Indonesia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates



18. To-date, we have launched VTLs with Australia, Brunei, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States; and we will be launching VTLs with Malaysia, Finland, and Sweden from 29 November 2021. Travellers under the VTLs are not subject to Stay-Home Notice (SHN) on arrival. Instead, they will be required to produce a negative Pre-Departure Test taken within two days prior to departure and undergo an on-arrival PCR test.



19. We intend to launch VTLs with India and Indonesia from 29 November 2021 and with Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 6 December 2021. Vaccinated Travel Pass (VTP) applications for Short-Term Visitors and Long-Term Pass Holders will commence on 22 November 2021 for travellers from India and Indonesia; and 29 November for travellers from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE. Returning Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents who are fully vaccinated will not need to apply for VTP in order to make use of the VTLs for travel. Travellers intending to travel from Singapore to these VTL countries / regions are advised to check the prevailing entry requirements of the destination.



20. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore will provide more details separately.



Moving Steadily Towards a COVID-19 Resilient Singapore



21. As we continue to adjust our measures progressively for a safe re-opening, we seek everyone’s continued effort and cooperation to exercise social responsibility and comply with all the VDS conditions and SMMs we have put in place. Test yourself regularly and follow the necessary health protocols. If you are offered a vaccination or booster dose, please also come forward and get vaccinated. This will ensure that our limited healthcare resources are effectively allocated to those in need and pave the way for us to be a COVID-19 resilient nation.





MINISTRY OF HEALTH

15 NOVEMBER 2021

 

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from MOH report 15 November 2021:

OPENING REMARKS BY MINISTER FOR HEALTH MR ONG YE KUNG AT COVID-19 MULTI-MINISTRY TASKFORCE PRESS CONFERENCE ON 15 NOVEMBER 2021​

1. Today, let us once again run through the key components of the pandemic Safe Management Measures (SMMs) at the borders as well as domestically, vaccines and boosters, and finally our healthcare system. I will touch on the first two while DMS will touch on aspects on the healthcare system.

Pandemic Situation

2. Let me first provide an overview of the pandemic situation.

3. Last week, the Multi-Ministry Taskforce announced some very calibrated relaxation of SMMs. These relaxations will lead to more social interactions, and we should expect higher transmission rates and infection cases in the coming days and weeks.

4. However, while this is happening, we are also administering more booster shots, and more people are also recovering safely from infection and becoming resilient to the virus. This counteracts against higher social interactions and infections and we hope that overall, the situation can remain in check.

5. Even if it does not, with stricter Vaccination-Differentiated Safe Management Measures (VDS), we hope that the number of vulnerable unvaccinated individuals being exposed to the virus and then getting infected can be kept low, and our hospitals will not come under pressure.

6. It will also be a matter of time before boosters and safe recovery of individuals will increase our population immunity and then bring the infections back down again. When that happens, the week-on-week ratio will fall below 1 again and this will give us scope to implement further relaxation of restrictions.

7. Hence, ours is not a big bang approach. But a constant suppression of the virus with boosters and safe recovery of people, and then when the observed situation improves, we relax more measures.

8. This will be a careful and deliberate process, applying brakes to our bicycle that is going downhill, and reaching an equilibrium and our destination safely.

Border Measures

9. As for border measures, we continue to monitor the situation in all parts of the world closely. Our key objective is to ensure that travel will not impose a heavy burden on our healthcare system. In the past, border controls were to prevent infections from entering our borders. Now, the objective is more focused on making sure it does not add pressure to our healthcare system. Our assessment has not changed since last week. While infections continue to rise in Europe, overall infection rates in various countries, including in Europe, are comparable to ours.

10. In particular, I want to highlight Netherlands, which is one of our Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) partners. They are experiencing infection rates that are now slightly higher than Singapore’s, and is on an upward trajectory. Netherlands has also imposed new social restrictions.

11. However, we do not think it is necessary to rescind the VTL or reduce the VTL quotas as yet. Imported cases are still a very small fraction of total community cases, and do not significantly affect local transmissions.

12. In addition, there is a quota of only six flights a week from the Netherlands, and most importantly, VTL travellers are all fully vaccinated and tested before departure and upon arrival., Hence it is very unlikely that continuing with the VTL will increase the burden on our hospital and healthcare system.

13. In the meantime, the pandemic situation has stabilised in more countries, and we will be upgrading their risk categories. More countries that are now in Category 2 can be accorded VTL status, and Minister Iswaran will be saying more about this.

Vaccinations

14. Let me move on to vaccinations. We have been reporting that 85 percent of our population has been fully vaccinated. I have been asked why our vaccine coverage appears to be lower than the reported figures in some other countries.

15. The reason is because some countries report vaccine coverage against eligible population, whereas we report against the total population.

16. 85 percent of our population is fully vaccinated. If we breakdown the remaining 15 percent that are not vaccinated, it comprises as follows – 1 percent who are not living in Singapore; 9 percent who are children below 12 and not eligible; and the remaining 5 percent who are eligible but chose not to vaccinate.

17. So if we recalculate this based on eligible population, we are around 94 percent vaccinated. It is one of the highest coverage in the world. The Ministry of Health (MOH) will provide both figures from henceforth in our daily press release to give a fuller picture of the progress of our vaccination exercise.

18. Some members of public have also asked MOH about the choice of boosters. Specifically, after taking two shots of the mRNA vaccines, should they now take Pfizer-BioNTech or should they take Moderna?

19. As the Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination (EC19V) has recommended, the two mRNA vaccines can be used interchangeably, regardless whether the first two doses were Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna.

20. MOH has done a study recently on the relative effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna as booster shots in terms of reducing infection risks. We compared two combinations, one combination is P-P-P (three Pfizer-BioNTech shots) versus P-P-M (two Pfizer-BioNTech shots and Moderna as the third dose).

21. There are results for other combinations, such as M-M-M, and M-M-P, but I should caution that the sample sizes for these are not very large, and the statistics may not be as meaningful.

22. But just comparing P-P-P and P-P-M, the results are as follows. Relative to two Pfizer-BioNTech doses, P-P-P further reduces risk of infection by 62 percent. As for P-P-M, the reduction is 72 percent. So both mRNA vaccines work very well as boosters, with P-P-M having a slight edge. Regardless, the impact on the reduction of severity of illness is extremely high for both combinations.

23. There has also been a lot of interest from parents on vaccines for children. MOH has signed a new supply agreement with Pfizer, which includes deliveries of paediatric vaccines. We are in constant contact with Pfizer, who will try to fulfil the deliveries as soon as possible.

24. In the meantime, our own children vaccination trial is making progress. The purpose of this trial is to smoothen operations when we have to do it at scale, because young children are involved. KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) is overseeing it and planning to start recruitment of the first batch of participants. So if your child is between five and 11 years old, you can find out more from KKH’s website and Facebook page about the study as well as the registration details. This will be available by end of this week.

For the Vulnerable

25. Finally, let me talk about the vulnerable segments of our population.

26. The most vulnerable amongst them are unvaccinated seniors. This is why we need VDS, to restrict places where unvaccinated persons can visit, and this is to protect them from exposure to the virus. Of particular concern are places with high footfall, high human traffic, which seniors tend to frequent, and they are hawker centres as well as coffee shops.

27. The National Environment Agency (NEA) and Singapore Food Agency (SFA) have been working on this. Ideally, we should have proper checks on vaccination status before someone enters a hawker centre or coffee shop, and only those fully vaccinated can sit down, remove their masks to eat and talk. However, these are settings where implementation is challenging, because of the layout of the premises.

28. NEA has been engaging hawker associations and Town Councils, and will be able to progressively implement this for our hawker centres. The first group of hawker centres will be able to put in the checking system before end November. For these hawker centres, fully vaccinated individuals from the same household can enter and dine in groups of five, just like restaurants. Other hawker centres will implement the same system with full checks soon after.

29. As for coffeeshops, SFA has been engaging the various operators. They will have the option of doing thorough checks of all their patrons, and if they can do that, members of the same household can sit down and dine in groups of five, just like restaurants. But if the coffeeshops cannot do thorough checks, then the usual groups of two will apply. This system will also be progressively rolled out in the coming weeks.

30. On the other hand, there are also many vaccinated seniors who are cautious and do not want to leave their homes very much, even for much needed exercise which they need. That is why through the People’s Association (PA), we are implementing activities for seniors to stay active.

31. The response has been good so far. Programmes have been introduced at 21 Community Clubs and Integrated Community Hubs across Singapore.

32. As of 10 November, about 1,200 seniors have participated in these activities. They include exercises like Zumba, qigong, brisk walks, ‘live’ performances such as Teochew Opera and Getai, and also movie screenings. A lot of care was taken to conduct these activities for our seniors and to do so safely. In fact, the rules that PA applied are generally more stringent than our standard SMMs, and activities are also very strictly for fully vaccinated seniors.

33. PA plans to progressively resume more senior-centric activities at the remaining CCs if there continues to be good compliance and good response.

34. I should also give a short update on the vaccination of seniors. Today, for seniors aged 60 years and above and unvaccinated, the number has gone down to about 61,000, lower than the number I reported last week. This is really thanks to all the efforts of our mobile and home vaccination teams as well as our vaccination centres, to be able to encourage more seniors to come forward and get themselves vaccinated. We will keep on working at the number to reduce it. Soon it will be less than 60,000.

35. Finally, regular testing is another way to protect ourselves. Our distribution of free kits to households is progressing well. Notwithstanding, many members of public need to purchase additional kits, and they have been asking for supply of more affordable ART test kits.

36. MOH recognises this and has been working with the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) to introduce more good quality and affordable ART self-test kits in Singapore.

37. Last week, HSA authorised a new kit, called the Flowflex ART, under the Pandemic Special Access Route (PSAR) for self-test use. Additionally, two other test kits that have met our quality standards, are also now undergoing registration with HSA. One is called AllTest and the other, INIDICAID.

38. We expect some of these kits to be sold well below $10, and hopefully below $5 for each test. We know these are commercial decisions, but the cost of these kits are considerably lower.

39. Let me now hand the floor to the Director of Medical Services, Associate Professor Kenneth Mak.

 

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from MOH report 15 November 2021:

Summary of local situation 1,533 cases remain warded in hospital. 255 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 51 are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 72 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 63.6%. Over the last 28 days, of the 88,361 infected individuals, 98.7% had no or mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.3% were in the ICU, and 0.2% has died. As of 14 November 2021, 94% of our eligible population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Among the total population, 85% has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 21% has received their booster shots. Over the past day, 3,270 cases were discharged, of whom 474 are seniors aged 60 years and above. 2,069 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, with 1,964 in the community, 101 in the migrant worker dormitories and 4 imported cases. The weekly infection growth rate is 0.94.

Situation at Hospitals

1. As of 15 November 2021, 255 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 51 are unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 72 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 63.6%.

Figure 1: Daily Adult ICU Bed Utilisation




Status of Patients

2. Over the last 28 days, 98.7% of local infected cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.2% were unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 0.1% had been critically ill and intubated in the ICU.

Figure 2: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Severity of Condition1



3. Seniors 60 years old and above, especially if unvaccinated, continue to be more adversely affected by COVID-19:

Figure 3: Patients Needing Oxygen Supplementation, ICU Care or Died2 , by Age Groups



Vaccination

4. As of 14 November 2021, 94% of our eligible population (aged 12 years and above) has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Among the total population, 85% has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 21% has received their booster shots.

5. Over the past 7 days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.6 and 5.4 per 100,000 population respectively. Over the same period, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who died are 0.1 and 0.7 per 100,000 population respectively. Among seniors aged 60 and above, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are 2.0 and 48.7 respectively. The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.3 and 7.8 respectively.

Figure 4: 7-Day Moving Average of Number of Deaths and Active Cases in ICU, per 100,000 Population by Vaccination Status3



Inflow and Outflow of Cases

6. Over the past day, 3,270 cases were discharged, of whom 474 are seniors aged 60 years and above.

7. As of 15 November 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 2,069 new cases of COVID-19 infection, comprising 1,964 community cases, 101 dormitory resident cases and 4 imported cases. Amongst the community cases today are 323 seniors who are aged 60 years and above. The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before is 0.94.

8. 8 more cases, aged between 71 and 96 years, have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. All of them had various underlying medical conditions.

Figure 5: Number of Community Cases by Age



Figure 6: Week-on-week Infection Ratio4



9. We are closely monitoring the clusters listed below, which have already been ringfenced through tracing, testing and isolation.

Figure 7: Large Clusters with New Cases

Cluster	New Cases	Total5	Remarks
Carpe Diem @ ITE	1	12	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 12 cases, 1 is a staff, 8 are students, and 3 are household contacts of cases.
PCF Sparkletots @ Chong Pang Block 115B	2	14	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 14 cases, 3 are staff, 7 are students, and 4 are household members.
Jamiyah Nursing Home	3	18	Transmission amongst residents. Of the 18 cases, all are residents.
Jenaris Home @ Pelangi Village	1	38	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 38 cases, 2 are staff and 36 are residents.
Iman Childcare (Woodgrove)	1	28	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 28 cases, 6 are staff, 18 are students and 4 are household contacts of cases.

10. Please refer to MOH's daily Situation Report (http://www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.


MINISTRY OF HEALTH
15 NOVEMBER 2021

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[1] Includes only new cases reported in the past 28 days. Based on cases' worst-ever condition; deceased cases previously in ICU are counted under 'Deceased' and not under 'Ever Critically ill and Intubated in ICU'.
[2] May differ from the deaths reported for the day as the latter includes those who have passed on earlier, but whose cause of death was investigated and confirmed only later, e.g. Coroner's cases.
[3] Non-fully vaccinated comprises persons who are partially vaccinated and completely unvaccinated.
[4] Ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before.
[5] Includes new cases added today.

 

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from MOH report 16 November 2021:

Summary of local situation 1,501 cases remain warded in hospital. 234 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 54 are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 68 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 63.3%. Over the last 28 days, of the 86,443 infected individuals, 98.7% had no or mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.3% were in the ICU, and 0.2% has died. As of 15 November 2021, 94% of our eligible population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Among the total population, 85% has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 21% has received their booster shots. Over the past day, 2,361 cases were discharged, of whom 363 are seniors aged 60 years and above. 2,069 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, with 2,021 in the community, 43 in the migrant worker dormitories and 5 imported cases. The weekly infection growth rate is 0.88.

Situation at Hospitals

1. As of 16 November 2021, 234 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 54 are unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 68 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 63.3%.

Figure 1: Daily Adult ICU Bed Utilisation




Status of Patients

2. Over the last 28 days, 98.7% of local infected cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.2% were unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 0.1% had been critically ill and intubated in the ICU.

Figure 2: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Severity of Condition1




3. Seniors 60 years old and above, especially if unvaccinated, continue to be more adversely affected by COVID-19:

Figure 3: Patients Needing Oxygen Supplementation, ICU Care or Died2, by Age Groups

Vaccination

4. As of 15 November 2021, 94% of our eligible population (aged 12 years and above) has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Among the total population, 85% has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 21% has received their booster shots.

5. Over the past 7 days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.6 and 5.4 per 100,000 population respectively. Over the same period, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who died are 0.1 and 1.0 per 100,000 population respectively. Among seniors aged 60 and above, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are 2.0 and 48.1 respectively. The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.3 and 10.1 respectively.

Figure 4: 7-Day Moving Average of Number of Deaths and Active Cases in ICU, per 100,000 Population by Vaccination Status3




Inflow and Outflow of Cases

6. Over the past day, 2,361 cases were discharged, of whom 363 are seniors aged 60 years and above.

7. As of 16 November 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 2,069 new cases of COVID-19 infection, comprising 2,021 community cases, 43 dormitory resident cases and 5 imported cases. Amongst the community cases today are 355 seniors who are aged 60 years and above. The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before is 0.88.

8. 18 more cases, aged between 67 and 95 years, have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. All of them had various underlying medical conditions.

Figure 5: Number of Community Cases by Age




Figure 6: Week-on-week Infection Ratio4

9. We are closely monitoring the clusters listed below, which have already been ringfenced through tracing, testing and isolation.

Figure 7: Large Clusters with New Cases

Cluster​	New Cases​	Total5​	Remarks​
Carpe Diem @ ITE	4​	16​	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 16 cases, 1 is a staff, 11 are students, and 4 are household contacts of cases.
Jenaris Home @ Pelangi Village	25​	63​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 63 cases, 2 are staff and 61 are residents.
Iman Childcare (Woodgrove)	4​	32​	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 32 cases, 6 are staff, 21 are students and 5 are household contacts of cases.
Banyan Home @ Pelangi Village	1​	103​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 103 cases, 1 is a staff and 102 are residents.

10. Please refer to MOH’s daily Situation Report (www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.

[1] Includes only new cases reported in the past 28 days. Based on cases’ worst-ever condition; deceased cases previously in ICU are counted under ‘Deceased’ and not under ‘Ever Critically ill and Intubated in ICU’.

[2] May differ from the deaths reported for the day as the latter includes those who have passed on earlier, but whose cause of death was investigated and confirmed only later, e.g. Coroner’s cases.

[3] Non-fully vaccinated comprises persons who are partially vaccinated and completely unvaccinated.

[4] Ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before.

[5] Includes new cases added today.

 

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from MOH report 17 November 2021:

Summary of local situation



· 1,468 cases remain warded in hospital. 242 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 48 are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 64 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 62.6%.



· Over the last 28 days, of the 86,055 infected individuals, 98.7% had no or mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.2% were in the ICU, and 0.2% has died.



· As of 16 November 2021, 94% of our eligible population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Among the total population, 85% has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 21% has received their booster shots.



· Over the past day, 2,555 cases were discharged, of whom 401 are seniors aged 60 years and above. 3,474 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, with 3,320 in the community, 144 in the migrant worker dormitories and 10 imported cases. The weekly infection growth rate is 0.89.

NOTE: FIGURE 7 HAS BEEN UPDATED ON 18 NOVEMBER.

SITUATION AT HOSPITALS​

1. As of 17 November 2021, 242 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 48 are unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 64 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 62.6%.

Figure 1: Daily Adult ICU Bed Utilisation
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STATUS OF PATIENTS​

2. Over the last 28 days, 98.7% of local infected cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.1% were unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 0.1% had been critically ill and intubated in the ICU.

Figure 2: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Severity of Condition1
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3. Seniors 60 years old and above, especially if unvaccinated, continue to be more adversely affected by COVID-19:

Figure 3: Patients Needing Oxygen Supplementation, ICU Care or Died2, by Age Groups
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Vaccination

4. As of 16 November 2021, 94% of our eligible population (aged 12 years and above) has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Among the total population, 85% has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 21% has received their booster shots.

5. Over the past 7 days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.6 and 5.2 per 100,000 population respectively. Over the same period, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who died are 0.1 and 0.9 per 100,000 population respectively. Among seniors aged 60 and above, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are 2.0 and 46.3 respectively. The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.3 and 9.6 respectively.

Figure 4: 7-Day Moving Average of Number of Deaths and Active Cases in ICU, per 100,000 Population by Vaccination Status3
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Inflow and Outflow of Cases

6. Over the past day, 2,555 cases were discharged, of whom 401 are seniors aged 60 years and above.

7. As of 17 November 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 3,474 new cases of COVID-19 infection, comprising 3,320 community cases, 144 dormitory resident cases and 10 imported cases. Amongst the community cases today are 506 seniors who are aged 60 years and above. The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before is 0.89.

8. 7 more cases, aged between 47 and 83 years, have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. All of them had various underlying medical conditions.

Figure 5: Number of Community Cases by Age

Figure 6: Week-on-week Infection Ratio4
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9. We are closely monitoring the clusters listed below, which have already been ringfenced through tracing, testing and isolation.

Figure 7: Large Clusters with New Cases​

Cluster​	New Cases​	Total5​	Remarks​
ECON Medicare Centre & Nursing Home (Choa Chu Kang)	3​	10​	Transmission amongst residents. Of the 10 cases, all are residents.
Carpe Diem @ ITE	1​	19​	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 19 cases, 2 are staff, 13 are students and 4 are household contacts of cases.
Jenaris Home @ Pelangi Village	1​	64​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 64 cases, 2 are staff and 62 are residents.
Iman Childcare (Woodgrove)	2​	34​	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 34 cases, 6 are staff, 22 are students and 6 are household contacts of cases.
Banyan Home @ Pelangi Village	5​	108​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 108 cases, 1 is a staff and 107 are residents.
Jamiyah Nursing Home	7​	27​	Transmission amongst residents. Of the 27 cases, all are residents.
NTUC Health Nursing Home (Chai Chee)	1​	19​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 19 cases, 2 are staff and 17 are residents.
MWS Nursing Home - Yew Tee	1​	19​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 19 cases, 1 is a staff, 17 are residents and 1 is a contact of a resident.
PCF Sparkletots @ Chong Pang Block 115B	3​	18​	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 18 cases, 4 are staff, 8 are students and 6 are household members.

10. Please refer to MOH’s daily Situation Report (www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.



MINISTRY OF HEALTH
17 NOVEMBER 2021


[1] Includes only new cases reported in the past 28 days. Based on cases’ worst-ever condition; deceased cases previously in ICU are counted under ‘Deceased’ and not under ‘Ever Critically ill and Intubated in ICU’.
[2] May differ from the deaths reported for the day as the latter includes those who have passed on earlier, but whose cause of death was investigated and confirmed only later, e.g. Coroner’s cases.
[3] Non-fully vaccinated comprises persons who are partially vaccinated and completely unvaccinated.
[4] Ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before.
[5] Includes new cases added today.

 

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from MOH report 18 November 2021:

Summary of local situation 1,435 cases remain warded in hospital. 226 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 53 are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 60 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 58.8%. Over the last 28 days, of the 84,654 infected individuals, 98.7% had no or mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.3% were in the ICU, and 0.2% has died. As of 17 November 2021, 94% of our eligible population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Among the total population, 85% has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 22% has received their booster shots. Over the past day, 3,772 cases were discharged, of whom 528 are seniors aged 60 years and above. 2,038 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, with 1,964 in the community, 67 in the migrant worker dormitories and 7 imported cases. The weekly infection growth rate is 0.90.

SITUATION AT HOSPITALS​

1. As of 18 November 2021, 226 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 53 are unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 60 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 58.8%.
Figure 1: Daily Adult ICU Bed Utilisation


Status of Patients
2. Over the last 28 days, 98.7% of local infected cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.2% were unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 0.1% had been critically ill and intubated in the ICU.
Figure 2: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Severity of Condition[1]





3. Seniors 60 years old and above, especially if unvaccinated, continue to be more adversely affected by COVID-19:
Figure 3: Patients Needing Oxygen Supplementation, ICU Care or Died[2], by Age Groups



Vaccination
4. As of 17 November 2021, 94% of our eligible population (aged 12 years and above) has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Among the total population, 85% has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 22% has received their booster shots.


5. Over the past 7 days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.6 and 5.0 per 100,000 population respectively. Over the same period, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who died are 0.1 and 0.9 per 100,000 population respectively. Among seniors aged 60 and above, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are 2.0 and 44.4 respectively. The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.2 and 9.1 respectively.

Figure 4: 7-Day Moving Average of Number of Deaths and Active Cases in ICU, per 100,000 Population by Vaccination Status [3]
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Inflow and Outflow of Cases

6. Over the past day, 3,772 cases were discharged, of whom 528 are seniors aged 60 years and above.



7. As of 18 November 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 2,038 new cases of COVID-19 infection, comprising 1,964 community cases, 67 dormitory resident cases and 7 imported cases. Amongst the community cases today are 294 seniors who are aged 60 years and above. The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before is 0.90.





8. 6 more cases, aged between 57 and 84 years, have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. All of them had various underlying medical conditions.

Figure 5: Number of Community Cases by Age







Figure 6: Week-on-week Infection Ratio[4]



9. We are closely monitoring the clusters listed below, which have already been ringfenced through tracing, testing and isolation.

Figure 7: Large Clusters with New Cases

Cluster​	New Cases​	Total[5]​	Remarks​
Jenaris Home @ Pelangi Village	6​	70​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 70 cases, 2 are staff and 68 are residents.
Iman Childcare (Woodgrove)	2​	36​	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 36 cases, 6 are staff, 22 are students and 8 are household contacts of cases.
Safari House Preschool (Toa Payoh)	1​	19​	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 19 cases, 5 are staff, 11 are students and 3 are household contacts of cases.

10. Please refer to MOH’s daily Situation Report (www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH

18 NOVEMBER 2021

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[1] Includes only new cases reported in the past 28 days. Based on cases’ worst-ever condition; deceased cases previously in ICU are counted under ‘Deceased’ and not under ‘Ever Critically ill and Intubated in ICU’.
[2] May differ from the deaths reported for the day as the latter includes those who have passed on earlier, but whose cause of death was investigated and confirmed only later, e.g. Coroner’s cases.
[3] Non-fully vaccinated comprises persons who are partially vaccinated and completely unvaccinated.
[4] Ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before.
[5] Includes new cases added today.

 

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from MOH report 19 November 2021:

Summary of local situation

• 1,346 cases remain warded in hospital. 202 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 46 are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 64 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 57.0%.
• Over the last 28 days, of the 82,752 infected individuals, 98.7% had no or mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.2% were in the ICU, and 0.2% has died.
• As of 18 November 2021, 94% of our eligible population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Among the total population, 85% has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 22% has received their booster shots.
• Over the past day,2,874 cases were discharged, of whom 456 are seniors aged 60 years and above. 1,734 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, with 1,633 in the community, 97 in the migrant worker dormitories and 4 imported cases. The weekly infection growth rate is 0.77.

Situation at Hospitals
1. As of 19 November 2021, 202 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 46 are unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 64 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 57.0%.

Figure 1: Daily Adult ICU Bed Utilisation

Status of Patients

2. Over the last 28 days, 98.7% of local infected cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.1% were unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 0.1% had been critically ill and intubated in the ICU.

Figure 2: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Severity of Condition[1]



3. Seniors 60 years old and above, especially if unvaccinated, continue to be more adversely affected by COVID-19:

Figure 3: Patients Needing Oxygen Supplementation, ICU Care or Died[2], by Age Groups


Vaccination

4. As of 18 November 2021, 94% of our eligible population (aged 12 years and above) has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Among the total population, 85% has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 22% has received their booster shots.

5. Over the past 7 days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.6 and 4.9 per 100,000 population respectively. Over the same period, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who died are 0.1 and 0.9 per 100,000 population respectively. Among seniors aged 60 and above, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are 2.0 and 43.2 respectively. The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.2 and 9.6 respectively.

Figure 4: 7-Day Moving Average of Number of Deaths and Active Cases in ICU, per 100,000 Population by Vaccination Status[3]

Inflow and Outflow of Cases

6. Over the past day, 2,874 cases were discharged, of whom 456 are seniors aged 60 years and above. As of 19 November 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 1,734 new cases of COVID-19 infection, comprising 1,633 community cases, 97 dormitory resident cases and 4 imported cases. Amongst the community cases today are 269 seniors who are aged 60 years and above. The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before is 0.77.16 more cases, aged between 52 and 93 years, have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. All of them, except for an unvaccinated case, had various underlying medical conditions.

Figure 5: Number of Community Cases by Age

Figure 6: Week-on-week Infection Ratio[4]

9. We are closely monitoring the clusters listed below, which have already been ringfenced through tracing, testing and isolation.

Figure 7: Large Clusters with New Cases

Cluster​	New Cases​	Total[5]​	Remarks​
Skool4kidz Preschool @ Yishun Orchid Spring	1​	17​	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 17 cases, 4 are staff, 11 are students, and 2 are household members.
Jenaris Home @ Pelangi Village	2​	72​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 72 cases, 2 are staff and 70 are residents.
ECON Medicare Centre & Nursing Home (Choa Chu Kang)	1​	11​	Transmission amongst residents. Of the 11 cases, all are residents.
PCF Sparkletots @ Chong Pang Block 115B	4​	23​	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 23 cases, 4 are staff, 10 are students, and 9 are household members.
Jamiyah Nursing Home	2​	28​	Transmission amongst residents. Of the 28 cases, all are residents.

10. Please refer to MOH’s daily Situation Report (www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.


MINISTRY OF HEALTH
19 NOVEMBER 2021



[1] Includes only new cases reported in the past 28 days. Based on cases’ worst-ever condition; deceased cases previously in ICU are counted under ‘Deceased’ and not under ‘Ever Critically ill and Intubated in ICU’.
[2] May differ from the deaths reported for the day as the latter includes those who have passed on earlier, but whose cause of death was investigated and confirmed only later, e.g. Coroner’s cases.
[3] Non-fully vaccinated comprises persons who are partially vaccinated and completely unvaccinated.
[4] Ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before.
[5] Includes new cases added today.

 

[jw5]

from MOH report 20 November 2021:

Summary of local situation 1,367 cases remain warded in hospital. 199 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 40 are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 60 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 56.8%. Over the last 28 days, of the 81,083 infected individuals, 98.8% had no or mild symptoms, 0.7% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.2% were in the ICU, and 0.2% has died. As of 19 November 2021, 94% of our eligible population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Among the total population, 85% has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 23% has received their booster shots. Over the past day, 2,533 cases were discharged, of whom 349 are seniors aged 60 years and above. 1,931 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, with 1,867 in the community, 58 in the migrant worker dormitories and 6 imported cases. The weekly infection growth rate is 0.78.

Situation at Hospitals

1. As of 20 November 2021, 199 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 40 are unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 60 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 56.8%.

Figure 1: Daily Adult ICU Bed Utilisation



Status of Patients

2. Over the last 28 days, 98.8% of local infected cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, 0.7% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.1% were unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 0.1% had been critically ill and intubated in the ICU.

Figure 2: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Severity of Condition1



3. Seniors 60 years old and above, especially if unvaccinated, continue to be more adversely affected by COVID-19:

Figure 3: Patients Needing Oxygen Supplementation, ICU Care or Died2, by Age Groups




Vaccination

4. As of 19 November 2021, 94% of our eligible population (aged 12 years and above) has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Among the total population, 85% has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 23% has received their booster shots.

5. Over the past 7 days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.5 and 4.8 per 100,000 population respectively. Over the same period, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who died are 0.1 and 1.0 per 100,000 population respectively. Among seniors aged 60 and above, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are 1.9 and 42.3 respectively. The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.2 and 10.4 respectively.

Figure 4: 7-Day Moving Average of Number of Deaths and Active Cases in ICU, per 100,000 Population by Vaccination Status3


Inflow and Outflow of Cases

6. Over the past day, 2,533 cases were discharged, of whom 349 are seniors aged 60 years and above.

7. As of 20 November 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 1,931 new cases of COVID-19 infection, comprising 1,867 community cases, 58 dormitory resident cases and 6 imported cases. Amongst the community cases today are 333 seniors who are aged 60 years and above. The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before is 0.78.

8. 13 more cases, aged between 62 and 98 years, have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. All of them, except for an unvaccinated case, had various underlying medical conditions.

Figure 5: Number of Community Cases by Age




Figure 6: Week-on-week Infection Ratio4


9. We are closely monitoring the clusters listed below, which have already been ringfenced through tracing, testing and isolation.

Figure 7: Large Clusters with New Cases

Cluster​	New Cases​	Total5​	Remarks​
Sunlove Senior Care Centre @ 70 Buangkok View	2​	12​	Transmission amongst staff and clients. Of the 12 cases, 2 are staff, 7 are clients, and 3 are household members.
Pacific Healthcare Nursing Home (6 Lengkok Bahru)	4​	13​	Transmission amongst residents. Of the 13 cases, all are residents.
Jenaris Home @ Pelangi Village	1​	74​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 74 cases, 2 are staff and 72 are residents.
Jamiyah Nursing Home	1​	29​	Transmission amongst residents. Of the 29 cases, all are residents.
Institute of Mental Health	1​	430​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 430 cases, 28 are staff and 402 are residents.
Iman Childcare (Woodgrove)	1​	37​	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 37 cases, 6 are staff, 23 are students, and 8 are household members.

10. Please refer to MOH’s daily Situation Report (www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.

[1] Includes only new cases reported in the past 28 days. Based on cases’ worst-ever condition; deceased cases previously in ICU are counted under ‘Deceased’ and not under ‘Ever Critically ill and Intubated in ICU’.

[2] May differ from the deaths reported for the day as the latter includes those who have passed on earlier, but whose cause of death was investigated and confirmed only later, e.g. Coroner’s cases.

[3] Non-fully vaccinated comprises persons who are partially vaccinated and completely unvaccinated.

[4] Ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before.

[5] Includes new cases added today.

 

[JohnTan]

from MOH report 20 November 2021:

Summary of local situation 1,367 cases remain warded in hospital. 199 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 40 are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 60 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 56.8%. Over the last 28 days, of the 81,083 infected individuals, 98.8% had no or mild symptoms, 0.7% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.2% were in the ICU, and 0.2% has died. As of 19 November 2021, 94% of our eligible population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Among the total population, 85% has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 23% has received their booster shots. Over the past day, 2,533 cases were discharged, of whom 349 are seniors aged 60 years and above. 1,931 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, with 1,867 in the community, 58 in the migrant worker dormitories and 6 imported cases. The weekly infection growth rate is 0.78.

Situation at Hospitals

1. As of 20 November 2021, 199 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 40 are unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 60 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 56.8%.

Figure 1: Daily Adult ICU Bed Utilisation



Status of Patients

2. Over the last 28 days, 98.8% of local infected cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, 0.7% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.1% were unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 0.1% had been critically ill and intubated in the ICU.

Figure 2: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Severity of Condition1



3. Seniors 60 years old and above, especially if unvaccinated, continue to be more adversely affected by COVID-19:

Figure 3: Patients Needing Oxygen Supplementation, ICU Care or Died2, by Age Groups




Vaccination

4. As of 19 November 2021, 94% of our eligible population (aged 12 years and above) has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Among the total population, 85% has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 23% has received their booster shots.

5. Over the past 7 days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.5 and 4.8 per 100,000 population respectively. Over the same period, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who died are 0.1 and 1.0 per 100,000 population respectively. Among seniors aged 60 and above, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are 1.9 and 42.3 respectively. The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.2 and 10.4 respectively.

Figure 4: 7-Day Moving Average of Number of Deaths and Active Cases in ICU, per 100,000 Population by Vaccination Status3


Inflow and Outflow of Cases

6. Over the past day, 2,533 cases were discharged, of whom 349 are seniors aged 60 years and above.

7. As of 20 November 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 1,931 new cases of COVID-19 infection, comprising 1,867 community cases, 58 dormitory resident cases and 6 imported cases. Amongst the community cases today are 333 seniors who are aged 60 years and above. The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before is 0.78.

8. 13 more cases, aged between 62 and 98 years, have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. All of them, except for an unvaccinated case, had various underlying medical conditions.

Figure 5: Number of Community Cases by Age




Figure 6: Week-on-week Infection Ratio4


9. We are closely monitoring the clusters listed below, which have already been ringfenced through tracing, testing and isolation.

Figure 7: Large Clusters with New Cases

Cluster​	New Cases​	Total5​	Remarks​
Sunlove Senior Care Centre @ 70 Buangkok View	2​	12​	Transmission amongst staff and clients. Of the 12 cases, 2 are staff, 7 are clients, and 3 are household members.
Pacific Healthcare Nursing Home (6 Lengkok Bahru)	4​	13​	Transmission amongst residents. Of the 13 cases, all are residents.
Jenaris Home @ Pelangi Village	1​	74​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 74 cases, 2 are staff and 72 are residents.
Jamiyah Nursing Home	1​	29​	Transmission amongst residents. Of the 29 cases, all are residents.
Institute of Mental Health	1​	430​	Transmission amongst staff and residents. Of the 430 cases, 28 are staff and 402 are residents.
Iman Childcare (Woodgrove)	1​	37​	Transmission amongst staff and students. Of the 37 cases, 6 are staff, 23 are students, and 8 are household members.

10. Please refer to MOH’s daily Situation Report (www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.

[1] Includes only new cases reported in the past 28 days. Based on cases’ worst-ever condition; deceased cases previously in ICU are counted under ‘Deceased’ and not under ‘Ever Critically ill and Intubated in ICU’.

[2] May differ from the deaths reported for the day as the latter includes those who have passed on earlier, but whose cause of death was investigated and confirmed only later, e.g. Coroner’s cases.

[3] Non-fully vaccinated comprises persons who are partially vaccinated and completely unvaccinated.

[4] Ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before.

[5] Includes new cases added today.

Thanks to the PAP, the covid cases are on a noticeable downtrend. Fatalities has also been kept low and confined to old farts who are hogging medical services with all their chronic underlying medical conditions.

 

[jw5]

Thanks to the PAP, the covid cases are on a noticeable downtrend. Fatalities has also been kept low and confined to old farts who are hogging medical services with all their chronic underlying medical conditions.

It would indeed be worrying if the PAP were not around to help Singapore get through these tough times.

 

[JohnTan]

It would indeed be worrying if the PAP were not around to help Singapore get through these tough times.

The PAP leadership has steered Singapore and sinkies through Merdeka struggle, racial riots, Cold War with indons, recessions, SARS, and Covid. With PAP around, Singapore will not fall.