This brings the total number of cases to
61,536.
19 of the cases announced on May 15 are in the community. There are no new cases in the dormitories.
The remaining 12 cases are imported.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has increased from
43 cases in the week before to
103 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased from
six cases in the week before to
16 cases in the past week.
19 cases in the community
There are 19 cases in the community, of whom 17 are linked to previous cases and two are currently unlinked.
This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 61,252.
Among the new cases, five are in the community and 12 are imported.
Five linked to TTSH cluster
Five of the community cases reported today are linked to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) cluster. This brings the total number of cases in the TTSH cluster to 40.
All the new community cases reported today were detected from MOH s testing of patients, visitors and staff at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) or their close contacts, and had already been placed on quarantine.
Three of the cases Cases 62801, 62807, and 62808 had visited TTSH Ward 9D between Apr. 18 to Apr. 28.
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COVID 19 - Singapore to bar foreign visitors from Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and additional measures imposed for all travellers entering Singapore with travel history to Thailand.
Who will be affected? Visitors with recent travel history to Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and additional measures imposed for travellers entering Singapore with travel history to Thailand.
Implementation The ban starts on 2 May 2021 and covers all long-term pass holders and short-term visitors who have been in the four countries in the last 14 days, including transit. It will also apply to those who have obtained prior entry approval from Singapore authorities.
SINGAPORE, May 1 Singapore reported seven new community cases of Covid-19 today, including three linked to the cluster at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) where a nurse was first found to be infected on April 27. This brings the cluster at TTSH to 16, the Ministry of Health said in a today. In.