SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Saturday (28 March) announced 70 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, taking the country’s total to 802.

Of the new cases, 41 are imported and 29 are local cases who have no recent travel history abroad:

the 41 imported cases had travel history to Europe, North America, ASEAN and other parts of Asia.

15 cases are linked to clusters or previous cases.

14 cases are currently unlinked, and contact tracing is ongoing.

The ages for the 70 new cases ranged from 1 year old to 71 years old.

Contact tracing is underway for 67 locally transmitted cases to establish any links to previous cases or travel history to affected countries or regions.

There were 15 COVID-19 patients who have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 198 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged.

Of the 420 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving. There are 19 in critical condition in the intensive care unit. Two have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.

There are 182 cases who are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19, and they are isolated and cared for at Concord International Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital and the Community Isolation Facility at D’Resort NTUC.

The city-state’s single-day high of 73 cases was reported on Wednesday.

Fengshan Sparkletots, Dover Court and SingPost clusters

With one additional confirmed case on Saturday, there are now 26 confirmed cases linked to the PCF Sparkletots Pre-school@Fengshan at Block 126, Bedok North Street 2. Of these, 16 are staff at the pre-school, and 10 are family members of Case 601.

There is also one additional confirmed case at the cluster at Dover Court International School, which has eight confirmed cases. Seven are staff at the school, while the eighth case is a contact of one of the staff.

At the SingPost Centre in Eunos, there were two additional cases confirmed, both of whom work on the same floor as the previously-announced three staff members.

SingPost said in a media statement on Saturday that all five staff members who are confirmed cases worked at the packet-sorting facility, which is a restricted, staff-only area that cannot be accessed by members of public. The staff use a separate staff entrance at the back of the SingPost building and do not pass through the SingPost Centre shopping mall when they enter or leave their workplace.

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