SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed 13 new cases of COVID-19 in Singapore on Friday (26 February), taking the country’s total case count to 59,913.
There are no new cases of locally-transmitted infection.
“There are 13 imported cases, who had already been placed on Stay-Home Notice upon arrival in Singapore,” said the ministry.
This news story will be updated later tonight.
With 24 more patients discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities on Thursday, 59,785 cases – or 99.8 per cent of the total – have fully recovered from the infection.
Most of the 16 hospitalised cases are stable or improving, and one is in the intensive care unit.
A total of 70 patients – with mild symptoms or are clinically well but still test positive – are isolated and cared for at community facilities.
Apart from 29 patients who have died from COVID-19 complications , 15 others who tested positive for the virus were determined to have died from unrelated causes, including three whose deaths were attributed to a heart attack and another four, whose deaths were attributed to coronary heart disease.
Amongst the 68 confirmed cases reported from 19 to 25 February, 44 cases have tested positive for their serology tests, 15 have tested negative, and nine serology test results are pending.
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