SINGAPORE, Oct 22 — Singapore on Thursday (Oct 21) registered 3,439 new cases of Covid-19 and 16 more deaths due to complications from the disease.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its nightly update on the coronavirus situation here that there were 61 Covid-19 patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), six fewer than the day before.

The number of patients who require oxygen support however went up from 337 on Wednesday to 346 on Thursday.

Among the new infections logged here on Thursday, 2,937 were in the community, 500 were made up of migrant worker dormitory residents and the remaining two were imported ones.

Among the local cases were 492 seniors above the age of 60, MOH said.

The 16 who died comprised 11 men who were Singaporeans or permanent residents as well as four Singaporean women. The remaining person who died was a male Malaysian work permit holder.

They were all aged between 61 and 93, MOH said.

Among them, eight had not been vaccinated against Covid-19, one was partially vaccinated and the remaining seven were fully vaccinated.

"Fifteen of them had various underlying medical conditions, while a vaccinated case had no known medical conditions,” the ministry said.

In total, 280 people here have died from complications due to the coronavirus, including 179 this month alone.

Local situation

Singapore has logged a total of 162,026 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic last year.

As of Thursday, there are 1,613 patients who are in hospital, 105 fewer than the day before.

Among all Covid-19 community cases who have been onboarded or admitted: