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SINGAPORE – Six more cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Singapore, with 12 in critical condition in the intensive care unit, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Tuesday (March 10).
This brings the total number of cases to 166, of which 93 have fully recovered and been discharged from hospital.
Three of the cases announced on Tuesday – Cases 161, 164 and 166 – are linked to the private dinner function held at the Joy Garden restaurant at Safra Jurong on Feb 15.
The Safra Jurong cluster remains the largest locally, with 39 cases.
Two other new cases – Cases 162 and 163 – are linked to Case 142, who was confirmed to have the infection on March 7.
Case 162, a 28-year-old Singaporean man, was in Indonesia from Feb 29 to March 2.
He reported onset of symptoms on March 7 and was referred by MOH to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) on March 9 as he was identified as a contact of Case 142.
Prior to hospitalisation, he had visited a shop at 26 Jalan Membina. He stays at Kim Tian Road.
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