According to the updates from the Ministry Of Health, among the new cases that were announced yesterday (28 April 2020), 83% of the cases are linked to known clusters.
That means that the rest of the cases are unlinked.
Ministry Of Health announced that
The main increase today continues to be for Work Permit holders residing in dormitories, where we are picking up many more cases because of extensive testing.
Most of these cases have a mild illness and are being monitored in the community isolation facilities or general ward of our hospitals. None of them is in the intensive care unit.
” Of the new cases, 83% are linked to known clusters, while the rest are pending contact tracing. “
Community Cases Falling
The number of new cases in the community has decreased, from an average of 28 cases per day in the week before to an average of 17 per day in the past week.
The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased, from an average of 18 cases per day in the week before to an average of 10 per day in the past week.Â
We will continue to closely monitor these numbers, as well as the cases detected through our surveillance programme.