Singapore reports 766 new COVID-19 cases and 9 more deaths; ICU utilisation rate at 57.3%

WEEKLY INFECTION GROWTH RATE

The weekly an infection development rate rose barely to 0.71 from (*9*) 0.70. This refers back to the ratio of group cases for the previous week over the week earlier than.The development rate has remained under 1 for 3 weeks. A determine under 1 implies that the variety of new weekly COVID-19 cases is falling.The every day case rely on Friday is down from the 1,101 infections reported on Thursday.Among the new cases, 749 are regionally transmitted, comprising 738 infections locally and 11 cases in migrant employees' dormitories.The remaining 17 are imported cases, MOH mentioned in its every day replace launched to the media at about 10.05pm.As of Friday, Singapore has reported 267,916 COVID-19 cases for the reason that begin of the pandemic.