Covid-19: 2 new cases in Singapore, 4 more discharged

SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed two more cases of Covid-19 infection in Singapore as at 12pm on Wednesday (Feb 26).

Four more cases of Covid-19 infection have been discharged:

• Case 49: A 46-year-old Singaporean man who works at Grace Assembly of God church in its Tanglin and Bukit Batok branches

• Case 56: A 30-year-old male Bangladesh national linked to the Seletar Aerospace Heights construction site cluster

• Case 59: A 61-year-old Singaporean man who works in a private hospital

• Case 73: A 43-year-old who attended church service at Grace Assembly of God church in Tanglin and is a regular serviceman in the Singapore Armed Forces

This brings the total number of patients who have fully recovered to 62.

Of the 31 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving, MOH said. 

Seven are in critical condition under intensive care.

Giving details of the newly infected patients, MOH said that Case 92 is a 47-year-old Singaporean man who has no recent travel history to China. 

He was confirmed to have Covid-19 infection on Wednesday morning and is warded in an isolation room at Sengkang General Hospital. 

The other patient, Case 93, is a 38-year-old Singaporean man who also did not travel to China recently. 

He tested positive on Wednesday morning and is warded in an isolation room at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.

MOH said that contact tracing is underway for these cases to establish any links to previous cases or travel history to China.

LINKS BETWEEN PREVIOUS CASES

Further epidemiological investigations and contact tracing have uncovered links between previously announced and new cases, MOH said. This was made possible with the assistance of the Singapore Police Force.

• Six of the locally transmitted confirmed cases (Cases 31, 33, 38, 83, 90 and 91), as well as Cases 8 and 9, are linked to The Life Church and Missions Singapore (146B Paya Lebar Road).

• These six cases are now linked to another 23 confirmed cases (Cases 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 74, 78, 80, 81, 84 and 88) who are connected to the Grace Assembly of God.

• Nine of the confirmed cases (Cases 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 34 and 40) are linked to Yong Thai Hang (24 Cavan Road), a health product shop off Lavender Street.

• Three of the confirmed cases (Cases 30, 36 and 39) are linked to the private business meeting held at the Grand Hyatt Singapore from Jan 20 to 22.

• Five of the confirmed cases (Cases 42, 47, 52, 56 and 69) are linked to the Seletar Aerospace Heights construction site.