Singapore on Saturday (Oct 30) logged 3,112 new cases of Covid-19 and 14 more deaths due to complications from the disease.

In its nightly update on the coronavirus situation here, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said that there were 69 patients who were unstable and under close monitoring in intensive care units (ICUs) to prevent further deterioration, down from the 80 reported the day before.

In addition, there were 60 patients who were critically ill and intubated in ICUs, one more than on Friday.

The number of patients who require oxygen support went up from 257 on Friday to 267 on Saturday.

In total, there are 382 ICU beds, of which 260 are now occupied — 129 by Covid-19 patients.

This means that the ICU utilisation rate is now 68.1 per cent, down from the 74 per cent reported the day before.

Among the new infections recorded on Saturday, there were 2,608 in the community, 500 among migrant worker dormitory residents and four imported ones.

“Amongst the community cases are 408 seniors who are aged 60 and above,” said MOH.

The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before is 1.14, down from 1.15 reported the day before.

The 14 who died were aged between 63 and 98.

“All of them had various underlying medical conditions,” the ministry said without giving more details.

In total, 394 people here have died of Covid-19 complications, including 293 this month alone.

LOCAL SITUATION

Singapore has registered a total of 195,211 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic last year.

On Saturday, 3,912 cases were discharged, of whom 587 are seniors aged 60 and above.

There are still, however, 1,627 patients who remain warded in hospitals, 13 more than on Friday.

Over the last 28 days, 98.7 per cent of local infected cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms.

During the same period:

0.8 per cent required oxygen supplementation in the general ward

0.2 per cent were unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration

0.1 per cent had been critically ill and intubated in the ICU

Among large clusters that are being closely monitored by the ministry, seven had new cases, MOH said. A total of 20 new infections were added to these seven clusters.

VACCINATION

As of Oct 29, 84 per cent of the population have been fully vaccinated, and 85 per cent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

In addition, 15 per cent of the population have received their booster shots.

MOH said that seniors 60 years old and above, especially if unvaccinated, continue to be more adversely affected by Covid-19.

Over the past seven days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.5 and 4.4 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 2.1 and 35.3 respectively.

The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.4 and 9.3 respectively.

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by TODAY ONLINE

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