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SINGAPORE – Three new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) were confirmed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday (Feb 27), including a 12-year-old Raffles Institution student and his 64-year-old family member.
The third case is a 44-year-old man.
Meanwhile, four others have recovered and were discharged.
This brings the total number of cases here to 96, of which 66 have fully recovered.
The ministry said eight of the 30 patients who are still in hospital are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
The 64-year-old woman, Case 94, lives in the Jalan Jurong Kechil area.
She fell ill on Feb 11 and saw a doctor at a general practitioner (GP) clinic on Feb 17, and again on Feb 20.
On Feb 24, she saw the GP again and was referred to Singapore General Hospital, where she was warded in an isolation room.
Tests confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that she had the virus.
The RI student, who is Case 96, with no recent travel history to China, Daegu and Cheongdo, was confirmed to have the infection on Feb 27. He is currently warded in an isolation room at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
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