jpnn.com, SINGAPORE - Singapore’s Health Ministry has said that it is looking into an "unusual surge" in Covid-19 infections after the it reported over 5,000 new cases on Wednesday (27/10).
This number was the highest since the start of the pandemic.
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"The infection numbers are unusually high today, mostly due to many Covid-positive cases detected by the testing laboratories within a few hours in the afternoon," the ministry said in a statement.
The government will continue to closely monitor developments over the next few days.
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Singapore also recorded another 10 fatalities from the disease on Wednesday, bringing the total number of deaths from Covid-19 in the country to 349.
The country extended some social restrictions last week for about a month in order to ease pressure on its existing healthcare system.
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Singaporean authorities have implemented a number of restrictions, which include limiting social interactions and eating in restaurants for two to slow the transmission of the new coronavirus.
Around 84 percent of Singapore's population has received a vaccine against the virus. (Antara/Reuters/mcr20/JPNN)
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