COVID-19: Singapore confirms single-day high of 14 new cases; 9 imported cases; total 226
SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday (15 March) confirmed 14 new cases of the coronavirus in Singapore - the largest number reported on a single day - bringing the total to 226.
Of the new cases,
Two are part of the cluster involving the private dinner function at SAFRA Jurong on 15 February (Cases 218 and 224);
Nine are imported cases (Cases 213, 215, 216, 217, 220, 222, 223, 225 and 226); and
Three are linked to previous cases (Case 219 is linked to Cases 142 and 211; Case 214 is linked to Case 208; and Case 221 is linked to Case 204).
To date, a total of 105 cases have recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospital. Of the 121 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving. 13 are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
As of Sunday noon, MOH has identified 5,472 close contacts who have been quarantined. Of these, 1,817 are currently quarantined, and 3,655 have completed their quarantine.
Case 213: 48-year-old Singaporean man, imported case
The 48-year-old Singaporean man is an imported case who had been in Indonesia from 4 March to 13 March. He is currently warded in an isolation room at Sengkang General Hospital (SKH).
He reported onset of symptoms on 8 March while in Indonesia. He presented at the emergency department of SKH on Friday. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on Saturday afternoon.
He stays at Serangoon North Avenue 3.
Case 214: 29-year-old Singaporean man
The 29-year-old Singaporean man, who has no recent travel history to affected countries and regions, is currently warded in an isolation room at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID). He is linked to Case 208.
He reported onset of symptoms on 5 March and had sought treatment at a general practitioner (GP) clinic on 6 March and 8 March. He presented at NCID on Saturday, and subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on Saturday afternoon.
Prior to hospital admission, he had visited Youth Go! at 403 Fajar Road, Project 180 @ Simei at 145 Simei Street 2 and Singapore University of Social Sciences at 463 Clementi Road. He stays at Jurong West Street 71.
Case 215: 65-year-old Singaporean man, imported case
The 65-year-old Singaporean man is an imported case who had been in Thailand from 7 March to 10 March. He is currently warded in an isolation room at Singapore General Hospital (SGH).
He reported onset of symptoms on Friday and had sought treatment at a GP clinic on the same day. He presented at the emergency department of SGH on Friday, and subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on Saturday afternoon.
Prior to hospital admission, he had gone to work at Cash Box at 1 Jurong West Central 2. He stays at Mei Ling Street.
Case 216: 30-year-old Singaporean man, imported case
The 30 year-old Singaporean man is an imported case involving who had been in Germany from 28 February to 1 March, and again on 5 March to 6 March, and Czech Republic from 1 March to 5 March. He is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
He reported onset of symptoms on 9 March, and had sought treatment at a GP clinic on Tuesday and Thursday. He was referred to NCID on Thursday, and subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on Saturday afternoon.
Prior to hospital admission, he had gone to work at SAP Asia at 30 Pasir Panjang Road). He stays at Bukit Batok West Avenue 6.
Case 217: 22-year-old Spanish man, imported case
The 22-year-old Spanish man is an imported case who is a Singapore Long Term Pass holder, and had been in Spain from Monday to Friday. He is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
He reported onset of symptoms on Friday, and was referred to NCID on the same day. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on Saturday afternoon. He stays in the Mount Sophia area.
Case 218: 55-year-old Singaporean woman, SAFRA Jurong cluster
The 55-year-old Singaporean woman, who has no recent travel history to affected countries and regions, is currently warded in an isolation room at the National University Hospital (NUH). She is linked to the cluster involving the private dinner function at SAFRA Jurong.
She reported onset of symptoms on 2 March, and had sought treatment at two GP clinics on 2 March, 3 March, 4 March, 6 March and 8 March. She presented at NUH on 9 March, and subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on Saturday afternoon.
Prior to hospital admission, she mostly stayed at her home at Pending Road except to seek medical treatment.
Case 219: 30-year-old Singaporean man
The 30-year-old Singaporean man, who has no recent travel history to affected countries and regions, was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on Sunday morning. He is currently warded in an isolation room at SKH and is linked to case 142, a 26-year-old male Singaporean who is a family member with two cases which are linked to the Safra Jurong cluster, and case 211, a 35-year-old female Filipino national who is a Singapore long term visit pass holder.
Case 220: 53-year-old Singapore PR, imported case
The 53-year-old male Singapore Permanent Resident is an imported case who had been in France from 10 March to 12 March. He was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on Sunday morning, and is currently warded in an isolation room in NCID.
Case 221: 28-year-old female Filipino national linked to American imported case
The 28-year-old female Filipino national who is a Singapore Work Pass holder has no recent travel history to affected countries and regions. She was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on Sunday morning and is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID. She is a contact of case 204, a 32-year-old male American national who is an imported case and a Singapore Work Pass holder.
She is employed as a teaching staff at MY World Preschool Ltd at 52 Lengkok Bahru.
Case 222: 41-year-old French national, imported case
The 41-year-old male French national is an imported case who is a Singapore Work Pass holder, and had been to France from 28 February to 7 March and Monday to Tuesday, Spain from 7 March to Monday, and the Philippines from Thursday to Friday. He was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on Friday morning, and is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
Case 223: 60-year-old Singaporean man, imported case
The 60-year-old Singaporean man is an imported case who had been in the United States from 28 February to 7 March and Australia from 7 to Friday. He was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on Sunday morning, and is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
Case 224: 50-year-old Singaporean man, SAFRA Jurong cluster
The 50-year-old Singaporean man, who had been in Malaysia from 1 March to 4 March, was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on Sunday morning, and is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID. He is a contact of case 117, a 52-year-old Singaporean woman, and is linked to the cluster involving the private dinner function at SAFRA Jurong.
Case 225: 63-year-old Singaporean man, imported case
The 63-year-old Singaporean man is an imported case who had been in Indonesia from 3 March to 7 March. He was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on Sunday morning, and is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
Case 226: 49-year-old male Dutch national, imported case
The 49-year-old male Dutch national is an imported case who was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on Sunday morning, and is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
More details on Case 205: 30-year-old female Filipino national
The 30-year-old female Filipino national is an imported case who is a Singapore Long Term Visit Pass holder, and had been in the Philippines from 27 February to 6 March. She is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
She reported onset of symptoms on 8 March and had sought treatment at a GP clinic on Wednesday. She presented at NCID on Saturday, and subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on Sunday morning.
Prior to hospital admission, she had gone to work at DNATA Cargo at 45 Airport Cargo Road. She stays at Flora Drive.
More details on Case 206: 33-year-old female New Zealander
The 33-year-old female New Zealand national, who is a Singapore Long Term Visit Pass holder, is an imported case who had been to the United States from 28 February to Friday. She is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
She reported onset of symptoms on Thursday, and had sought treatment at a GP clinic on Friday. She was referred to NCID on the same day. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on Saturday morning.
Prior to hospital admission, she mostly stayed at her home at Upper Paya Lebar Road.
More details on Case 207: 40-year-old Singaporean woman
The 40-year-old Singaporean woman is an imported case who had been in the UK from 6 March to Wednesday. She is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
She reported onset of symptoms on Tuesday while she was in the UK and had sought treatment at a GP clinic on Friday. She was referred to NCID on the same day. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on Saturday morning.
Prior to hospital admission, she mostly stayed at her home at Yishun Central.
More details on Case 208, 26-year-old Singaporean woman
The 26-year-old Singaporean woman, who had no recent travel history to affected countries and regions, is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
She reported onset of symptoms on 3 March and had sought treatment at Singapore General Hospital’s (SGH) staff clinic on 4 March and Friday. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on Saturday morning.
Prior to hospital admission, she had gone to work as a Medical Social Worker at SGH (Outram Road). She stays at Tiong Bahru Road.
More details on Case 209: 32-year-old Singaporean woman
The 32-year-old Singaporean woman is an imported case who had been in the United States from 2 March to 7 March. She is currently warded in an isolation room at SGH.
She reported onset of symptoms on Wednesday, and had sought treatment at SGH’s staff clinic on Friday. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on Saturday morning.
Prior to hospital admission, she had gone to work as a psychologist at SGH. She stays at Serangoon Avenue 3.
More details on Case 210: 56-year-old German man
The 56-year-old German man is an imported case who is a Singapore Long Term Visit Pass holder. He had been in Germany from 27 February to 3 March, and again from Wednesday to Thursday, and Switzerland from 3 March to 10 March. He is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
He reported onset of symptoms on Friday and had sought treatment at a GP clinic on the same day. He was referred to NCID on Friday, and subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on Saturday morning. He stays at Leedon Park.
More details on Case 211: 35-year-old female Filipino national
The 35-year-old female Filipino national who is a Singapore Long Term Visit Pass holder with no recent travel history to affected countries and regions.
She is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID. She is linked to Case 142, a 26-year-old Singaporean man who is linked to the SAFRA Jurong cluster.
As she had been identified as a contact of the Singaporean man, she was placed under quarantine on 9 March. She was referred to NCID on Friday, and subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on Saturday morning. She stays at Crawford Lane.
More details on Case 212: 64-year-old Indonesian man
The 64-year-old Indonesian man is an imported case who arrived in Singapore from Indonesia on 13 March. He is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
He reported onset of symptoms on 9 March and had been hospitalised in a hospital in Indonesia for pneumonia. Upon arrival in Singapore on Friday, he had sought treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, and was referred to NCID on Friday.
Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on Saturday morning.
Travel advisory
The health ministry on Sunday updated its travel advisory, and now recommends that Singaporeans defer all non-essential travel abroad.
COVID-19’s death toll surpasses SARS epidemic
Declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), COVID-19 has spread to 145 territories beyond mainland China.
To date, the virus has left almost 3,200 people in China dead and sickened almost 160,000 globally. A total of 2,762 deaths related to the outbreak have been reported outside mainland China.
At over 21,000 patients including 1,441 deaths, Italy has the second-highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases as well as the most deaths outside mainland China.
Iran has the third-highest number with 13,938 cases including 724 deaths, while South Korea has the fourth highest number with 8,162 cases including 75 deaths.
The global tally also includes cruise ship Diamond Princess, moored off Japan, which accounted for 696 cases, including seven related deaths so far.
The novel strain belongs to the same family of coronaviruses as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which killed nearly 800 people globally during a 2002-2003 outbreak and also started in China.
Patients suffering from the new strain may exhibit fever and symptoms of lower respiratory illness – such as coughing or difficulty in breathing – as well as pneumonia-like symptoms like a runny nose, sore throat, and headache.
However, some who have died from it have not displayed symptoms of fever, according to details released by China’s National Health Commission, potentially complicating global efforts to check for infected travellers as they arrive at airports and other travel hubs.
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