Single-day high of 18 reported COVID deaths; 3,862 new cases

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JUST IN: Four active COVID-19 clusters, all at elderly homes, are being closely monitored in Singapore, of as Wed

A man wearing a protective mask uses his phone at a park on 17 October, 2021 in Singapore amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The 247th to 264th COVID-19 deaths in Singapore were 16 Singaporean men and two female permanent residents or Singaporean women aged between 55 and 96. Of the new cases, 3,851 are local infections: 3,221 are in the community and 630 reside in the migrant worker dormitories. The remaining 11 are imported.Four active COVID-19 clusters, all at elderly homes, are being closely monitored in Singapore.

Apart from the 264 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.Over the last 28 days, of the 77,040 infected cases, 98.7 per cent had no or mild symptoms, 1.0 per cent required oxygen supplementation, 0.1 per cent required ICU care, and 0.2 per cent has died.

 

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