Singapore Surpasses 40,000 COVID-19 Cases... Rate of Increase Slows Down

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Hyun-seok] The number of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Singapore has surpassed 40,000. However, the rate of increase is slowing down.

According to local media in Singapore on the 14th, the Ministry of Health announced the previous day that 347 additional COVID-19 cases were confirmed, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 40,197. A 73-year-old Singaporean man also passed away, raising the COVID-19 death toll to 26.

The Ministry of Health explained that the majority of new confirmed cases are migrant workers residing in dormitories, and that five cases were counted as community infections.

Among the community infection cases, one was identified as a 15-year-old female student.

However, the Ministry of Health stated that based on various evidence, it suggests that this female student was infected during the COVID-19 lockdown policy period called the 'Circuit Breaker,' rather than after schools reopened on the 2nd.

Since the lifting of the Circuit Breaker, the average daily number of community infections increased from 7 two weeks ago to 7 last week. Additionally, the number of COVID-19 patients with unknown infection routes also rose from 2 to 4 during the same period.

The Ministry of Health explained that this is the result of actively conducting COVID-19 tests targeting specific groups.

In Singapore, it took about 13 weeks from the first COVID-19 case on January 23 to surpass 10,000 cumulative confirmed cases on April 22. Then, it took 14 days to reach 20,000 cases on the 6th of last month, and 16 days to exceed 30,000 cumulative confirmed cases. However, it took 22 days to reach 40,000 cases, indicating that the rate of increase is gradually slowing down.

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