New COVID cluster at Marina Bay Sands casino; 2 more markets closed

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UPDATE: New COVID cluster at MBS casino; 2 more markets closed

There are 179 new cases of locally transmitted infections in the community, of which 130 are linked to the Jurong Fishery Port cluster and eight belong to the KTV cluster. This brings the two largest clusters ever recorded in Singapore's community to 451 and 215 cases, respectively.

Two new clusters were announced on Wednesday linked to "Case 65231" and Marina Bay Sands Casino, bringing the total number of active clusters here to 28. Free COVID-19 testing to members of the public will also be extended to those who had visited the Clementi market as well as Haig Road Market & Food Centre between 7 and 21 July.

The ministry also noted that the number of new cases in the community has increased from 88 in the week before to 766 in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased from 14 in the week before to 82 in the past week. None among the eight cases are fully vaccinated, and two patients aged above 60 years old – one completely unvaccinated and the other partially vaccinated – have fallen very ill, said the MOH., 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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