SINGAPORE, Oct 27 — Singapore on Tuesday (Oct 26) logged 3,277 new cases of Covid-19 and 10 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 79 patients who were unstable and under close monitoring in intensive care units (ICUs) to prevent further deterioration, down from the 107 reported the day before.

In addition, there were 67 patients who were critically ill and intubated in ICUs, three more than on Monday.

The number of patients who require oxygen support went up from 261 on Monday to 289 on Tuesday.

In total, there are 360 ICU beds, of which 285 are now occupied — with 146 of these occupied by Covid-19 patients.

This means that the ICU utilisation rate is now 79.2 per cent, down from 83.6 per cent the day before.

MOH said that it has been working with the hospitals to set aside more ICU beds for Covid-19 patients to be used "as and when we need them”.

"In view of the current ICU occupancy rates, we have triggered the next 100 ICU beds, which will be ready next week.”

It stressed, however, that while it is able to "stand up” the ICU beds at short notice, the "increased load of patients adds strain and pressure on the healthcare system and our healthcare workers”.

"We encourage everyone to get vaccinated if they have not done so, so as to protect themselves and help ease the patient load on the healthcare system.

"For those who are not vaccinated, we urge them to minimise unnecessary movement and social interactions.”

Among the new infections recorded on Tuesday, 2,984 were in the community, 288 were made up of migrant worker dormitory residents and the remaining five were imported.

The ratio of community cases in the past week compared with the week before stood at 1.11, down from the 1.18 reported on Monday.

On Tuesday, there were 506 people above the age of 60 among the community cases, MOH said.

The 10 who died were all aged between 66 and 98.

"All except an unvaccinated case had various underlying medical conditions,” the ministry said without giving more details.

In total, 339 people here have died of Covid-19 complications, including 238 this month alone.

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Singapore has registered a total of 179,095 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic last year.

As of Tuesday, there were 1,787 Covid-19 patients in hospitals, eight more than the day before.

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