SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 1,111 new Covid-19 cases as of Tuesday noon (April 21), as cases crossed the 9,000 mark.

Among the new cases, 20 are Singaporeans and permanent residents, while foreign workers living in dormitories continue to drive the increase.

The ministry said it is still working out the details of the cases and will provide further updates on Tuesday night.

This brings Singapore’s total cases of the coronavirus to 9,125.

On Monday, the ministry announced the sharpest single-day spike in cases yet, reporting 1,426 cases, including 1,369 foreign workers living in dormitories.

The continued emergence of clusters linked to dormitories, together with the authorities’ aggressive testing of the workers, have sent the total number of cases in Singapore surging since circuit breaker measures were introduced.

On April 6 – the day before the circuit breaker kicked in – 1,375 cases were announced. This rose to 2,918 cases on Monday last week and crossed 8,000 this Monday.

But MOH also noted that the number of new cases in the community has decreased, from an average of 39 cases per day in the week before, to an average of 29 per day in the past week.

The number of unlinked cases in the community has remained relatively constant, with an average of 20 cases a day for the past two weeks.

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