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SINGAPORE – There were 249 new coronavirus patients confirmed as of Wednesday noon (July 15), taking Singapore’s total to 46,878.
They included 16 community cases, all of whom are work pass holders, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday.
Of these 16 cases, four were close contacts of earlier cases, and had already been placed on quarantine.
Epidemiological investigations are being done for the other cases.
There were also five imported cases who had been placed on stay-home notices upon arrival in Singapore.
Migrant workers living in dormitories made up the vast majority of the other cases.
More details will be announced on Wednesday night.
On Tuesday, a 62-year-old Singaporean man who had a history of diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol died from complications due to Covid-19 on Tuesday, said the ministry.
The patient, identified as Case 17,168, was confirmed to be Covid-19 positive on April 30, said MOH.
Sengkang General Hospital – where the man died – has contacted his family and is extending assistance to them.
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