SINGAPORE, Oct 25 — Singapore on Sunday (Oct 24) registered 3,383 new cases of Covid-19 and 15 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 97 patients who were unstable and under close monitoring in intensive care units (ICUs) to prevent further deterioration, and 58 are critically ill and intubated in ICUs.

The number of patients who require oxygen support went up from 269 on Saturday to 278 on Sunday.

In total there are 362 ICU beds, of which 287 are now occupied with 155 of these occupied by Covid-19 patients. 

Among the new infections recorded on Sunday, 2,708 were in the community, 667 were made up of migrant worker dormitory residents and the remaining eight were imported.

The ratio of community cases in the past week compared with the week before stands at 1.14.

On Sunday, there were 428 seniors above the age of 60 among the community cases, MOH said.

The 15 who died were eight men and seven women aged between 58 and 100. They were all Singapore citizens.

Eight were not vaccinated against Covid-19, one was partially vaccinated and six were vaccinated. All of them had various underlying medical conditions.

In total, 315 people here have died from complications due to the disease, including 214 this month alone.

Local situation

Singapore has registered a total of 172,644 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic last year.

As of Sunday, there are 1,738 patients who are in hospital, 58 more than the day before.

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