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The Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported a total of 1,615 new cases on 19 January 2022 with one fatality.
Case details
Of the 1615 new cases, 1205 are local with MOH not reporting the number of cases in the foreign worker dormitories.
The remaining 410 are imported cases.
1,185 are reported to be Omicron cases, with 220 being imported and 965 being local.
Weekly infection growth rate
The weekly infection growth rate is now at 1.96, 0.2 more than what was reported on Tuesday when it was at 1.76.
This rate refers to the ratio of community cases of the past week as compared to the week before.
A rate above 1 indicates that weekly cases are on the rise.
Total toll
One fatality reported today brings the death toll in Singapore at 844 and the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic is now at 296,077.
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