Case numbers on Tuesdays tend to be higher compared with the rest of the week as they reflect the spike in infections after the weekend, when more people are out in various social settings.
The week-on-week infection ratio rose slightly to 1.23 on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health reported in an update on its website, up from 1.17 on Monday.The rate refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over that of the week before. A rate of more than 1 shows the number of new weekly Covid-19 cases is increasing.
MOH said there were 326 patients hospitalised, with nine in intensive care and 27 requiring oxygen support.Of the new local Covid-19 cases, 452 were detected through polymerase chain reaction tests. Another 5,941 were detected through antigen rapid tests , which means they either had no symptoms or their symptoms were mild.Singapore has recorded a total of 1,378,090 Covid-19 cases, with 1,405 deaths.
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