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SINGAPORE – There are 463 new coronavirus cases confirmed as of Friday noon (June 12), taking Singapore’s total to 39,850.
These include 18 community cases, comprising eight Singaporeans or permanent residents and 10 work pass holders, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
Of these, five were close contacts of earlier cases, and had already been placed on quarantine. MOH picked up another five cases from its surveillance and screening of workers in essential services and persons working at dormitories.
Epidemiological investigations are ongoing for the other eight cases, MOH said.
Migrant workers living in dormitories make up the other cases.
More details will be announced later on Friday by the MOH.
On Thursday, Singapore recorded 422 new Covid-19 cases including five community cases.
Four of the five community cases reported did not show symptoms and were detected through proactive screening, said the MOH.
Two of these four hold work passes, while the other two hold work permits, and all four are either in essential services or are contacts of previous cases.
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