SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday (March 4) confirmed two more cases of Covid-19 in Singapore: One of them a Singaporean woman who works at a preschool in Jurong, the other a Singapore permanent resident who had travelled to Malaysia.

This brings the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 112.

In its media statement, MOH said that one more patient — Case 61, a 57-year-old Singaporean man linked to the Grace Assembly of God church cluster — has been discharged from the hospital.

A total of 79 cases have since fully recovered from the Covid-19 infection and have been discharged from hospital. Of the 33 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving.

Seven are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

The Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) said that it has ordered the Creative O Preschoolers' Bay in Jurong — the preschool where the infected woman works at as an assistant cook — to be closed on Thursday and Friday for cleaning and disinfection.

All staff members will be given a Leave of Absence during the closure period, which ECDA said covers the 14-day incubation period as the woman was last in the preschool on Feb 21. On that day, she became unwell a few hours into her shift and promptly went to see a doctor, ECDA added. She was given medical leave and has not been in the preschool since.

THE LATEST CASES

Case 111

• Case 111 is a 43-year-old male Singapore permanent resident who has no recent travel history to affected countries and regions but who had been in Malaysia from Feb 18 to 21.

• He is warded in an isolation room at the National University Hospital (NUH).

• He reported an onset of symptoms on Feb 24 and had sought treatment at a general practitioner (GP) clinic on the same day and on Feb 28.

• He went to Sengkang General Hospital on Feb 27 and NUH on March 3.

• Test results confirmed Covid-19 infection on March 3 in the afternoon.

• Prior to hospital admission, he had mostly stayed at home on Compassvale Street in Punggol.

Case 112

• Case 112 is a 62-year-old Singaporean woman who has no recent travel history to affected countries and regions.

• She was confirmed to have Covid-19 infection on March 4 in the morning and is warded in an isolation room at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).

• She works at Creative O Preschoolers’ Bay (31 International Business Park) as a non-teaching staff member. 

• She is linked to Case 94, a 64-year-old Singaporean woman who is a family member of a Raffles Institution student (Case 96).

LINKS BETWEEN PREVIOUS CASES

Further epidemiological investigations and contact tracing have uncovered links between previously announced and new cases. This was made possible with the assistance of the Singapore Police Force.

• Six of the locally transmitted confirmed cases (Cases 31, 33, 38, 83, 90 and 91), as well as Cases 8 and 9, are linked to The Life Church and Missions Singapore. These six cases are linked to another 23 confirmed cases (Cases 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 74, 78, 80, 81, 84, 88) who are linked to the Grace Assembly of God.

• Nine of the confirmed cases (Cases 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 34 and 40) are linked to Yong Thai Hang, a health product shop off Lavender Street.

• Three of the confirmed cases (Cases 30, 36 and 39) are linked to the business meeting held at Grand Hyatt Singapore from Jan 20 to Jan 22.

• Five of the confirmed cases (Cases 42, 47, 52, 56 and 69) are linked to the Seletar Aerospace Heights construction site.

• Fourteen of the confirmed cases (Cases 93, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108 and 110) are linked to Wizlearn Technologies.

MOH said that investigations on these clusters are ongoing.

It added that contact tracing is underway for 12 locally transmitted cases to establish any links to previous cases or travel history to affected countries or regions.