27 of 607 new COVID cases linked to Ren Ci nursing home cluster

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JUST IN: Of 607 new cases, 27 added to cluster at Ren Ci Nursing Home Bukit Batok Street 52

Of them, 597 are local cases: 534 are in the community, while 63 are dormitory residents. Among the local cases are 157 cases above the age of 60, said the MOH.

Of the list of monitored clusters, the highest number of 27 new cases was added to a new cluster at Ren Ci Nursing Home @ Bukit Batok Street 52. The cluster now has 28 case, of whom 20 are residents and eight are staff members. The MOH has classified the spread at the complex as "ongoing workplace transmission", infecting 73 stallholders and assistants, five cleaners or safe distancing ambassadors, as well as 27 household contacts of the workers.

 

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