3,155 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, weekly infection growth rate rises to 2.7

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There were 3,155 new Covid-19 cases detected in Singapore on Friday (Jan 21), reported the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its daily update. The weekly Covid-19 infection growth rate rose to 2.70, up from 2.17 the day before. The rate refers to the ratio of community...

Friday's update was the first time that the ministry started including cases detected by ARTs.

Health Minister Ong Ye Kung had announced earlier on Friday at a press conference that MOH will also no longer be differentiating between Omicron and non-Omicron cases. "Over the past few weeks, we have been living with Covid-19 and the Omicron variant quite carefully and calmly, with a less restricted posture, where we can meet in groups of five... The fact is that with vaccinations working well and the Omicron variant being less severe, the top-line infection number is becoming less and less meaningful in our response to Covid-19," he added.

There were 360 patients in hospital, with 19 requiring oxygen supplementation and 13 in the intensive care unit.Ninety-one per cent of Singapore's eligible population have completed the full vaccination regimen, and 54 per cent of the population have received a booster shot.

 

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