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A 53 year-old Indian national was confirmed to have Covid-19 on May 10 after he died in Sengkang General Hospital on Saturday (May 9), the Ministry of Health said in a statement on May 11.
He was Case 23550 and had been admitted to the hospital after suffering from cardiac arrest.
MOH said the cause of death was ruptured myocardial infarction due to coronary thrombosis.
Only cases where the attending doctor or pathologist attributes the primary or underlying cause of death as due to Covid-19 infection will be added to the Covid-19 death count, MOH added.
In its update, MOH reported another death.
Case 1305, a 68 year-old male Singapore Citizen passed away from complications due to Covid-19 on May 11.
He was confirmed to have the virus on April 5, and had a history of hypertension and hyperlipidaemia.
The National University Hospital has reached out to his family and is extending assistance to them.
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