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Singapore again reported a sharp increase of COVID-19 infections in foreign worker dormitories as it seeks to tamp down rising case numbers in the city-state that have pushed deaths from the virus to a record level.
The Singaporean Ministry of Health said that eight people had died from COVID-19 on Friday, matching Wednesday’s toll the highest daily fatality rate since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
The mounting death count and worsening caseload are likely to test the Singaporean government’s resolve to reopen the city-state.
Ministry figures showed that new infections among foreign workers almost doubled to 818 on Friday from a day