Singapore reports 662 new COVID-19 cases and 4 deaths; 2 Omicron infections confirmed

NO MORE DAILY PRESS RELEASES

MOH stated it should cease issuing day by day press releases on an infection statistics from Tuesday, "as the current wave of Delta infections subsides".The ministry will proceed to replace the identical an infection statistics on the MOH web site every day. These embrace the hospital capability, standing of COVID-19 sufferers, vaccination progress and variety of cases.MOH famous that one of many statistics being monitored is the week-on-week an infection development ratio.(*2*) stated MOH."As the current wave subsides and an infection numbers begin to stabilise, we will count on the ratio to pattern in direction of 1. We will proceed to watch this indicator to get a way of how shortly the virus is spreading in the neighborhood."For example if the ratio were to rise rapidly beyond 1 on a sustained basis, then it would mean an acceleration in the spread of infection, and potentially the start of a new wave of transmission."MOH added that it's going to proceed to replace the general public on "significant developments, including information on the Omicron variant", via common media statements.

WEEKLY INFECTION GROWTH RATE

The weekly an infection development charge fell to 0.64 from Sunday's 0.66. This refers back to the ratio of group cases for the previous week over the week earlier than.The development charge has remained under 1 since Nov 13. A determine under 1 implies that the variety of new weekly COVID-19 cases is falling.The day by day case depend on Monday is up from the 552 infections reported on Sunday.Among the new cases, 651 are domestically transmitted, comprising 638 infections in the neighborhood and 13 cases in migrant employees' dormitories.The remaining 11 are imported cases, MOH stated in its day by day replace launched to the media at about 11.30pm. As of Sunday, Singapore has reported 269,873 COVID-19 cases for the reason that begin of the pandemic.