Covid-19 weekly infection growth rate rises to 2.17; 1,001 new Omicron cases

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SINGAPORE - The weekly Covid-19 infection growth rate rose to 2.17 on Thursday , up from 1.96 the day before, reported the Ministry of Health in its daily update.

This is the first time since Sept 19, 2021, that Singapore's weekly infection growth rate has gone over two.

The weekly infection growth rate refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week, over the week before. A figure of more than one shows that the number of new weekly Covid-19 cases is increasing.Of these, 952 were local cases and 49 were imported. All in, there were 1,472 new cases recorded - of which 1,133 were local and 339 were imported - down from 1,615 on Wednesday. There was also one death.

There were 306 patients in hospital, with 16 requiring oxygen supplementation and 14 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 the vaccine booster shot.Your browser does not support iframes, but you can use the following link:

 

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The sooner the wave hits the sooner it’s over

If live with virus, just open as usual. If want to lower the cases, should stop or limit travelers into Singapore, as you can see how many cases are. imported daily. I think when hospital and health care facilities are overwhelmed, not many of choices but to stop...

you don't have the guts to lock our asses before CNY

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