142 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, including one involving prison inmate; stock market close 1.16% lower

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SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN):- There are 142 new coronavirus cases confirmed as of Friday noon (June 19), taking Singapore's total to 41,615. They include a community case involving a prison inmate on a social visit pass, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday.

Essential workers being screened for Covid-19 at the regional screening centre at The Float @ Marina Bay. There are 142 new coronavirus cases confirmed as of Friday noon , taking Singapore's total to 41,615. They include a community case involving a prison inmate on a social visit pass, said the Ministry of Health on Friday. - The Straits Times/ANN

He had arrived in Singapore before the implementation of border measures and had been segregated from the general inmate population since his admission to Changi Prison Complex on June 6, the ministry said.Migrant workers living in dormitories make up the vast majority of the other cases on Friday, said the MOH.The cluster includes two new Covid-19 patients confirmed on Thursday. They were linked to two previous cases, meaning that the cluster has four cases, MOH said on Thursday.

This included four community cases - one permanent resident and three work permit holders. The three work permit holders were already in quarantine when they tested positive for Covid-19. Further tests showed that three of the four cases were likely infected some time ago and were no longer infectious. The test result for the remaining case is pending.Thursday's figure was slightly higher than the 247 cases reported on Wednesday but was lower than the daily average of 321 in the seven days before.

Globally, the virus outbreak, which began in December last year, has infected more than 8.57 million people.

 

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