The ministry also confirmed the death of a 72-year-old Singaporean woman from complications due to COVID-19, the city-state's 59th such fatality.
Of Thursday's cases, 906 are local infections: 803 are in the community, while 103 are dormitory residents. Among the local cases are 244 people above the age of 60, said the MOH. Thirteen active COVID-19 clusters in Singapore are being closely monitored, said the MOH. Three of them are linked to staff members at bus interchanges in Toa Payoh, Tampines, and Punggol.
There are currently 77 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation and 12 in critical condition in the intensive care unit .Apart from the 59 patients who have died from COVID-19 complications, 15 others who tested positive for the virus were determined to have died from unrelated causes, including three whose deaths were attributed to a heart attack and another four whose deaths were attributed to coronary heart disease.
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