Many Singaporeans were hoping that today we can have 0 local cases as the end of circuit breaker is right around the corner.
Singapore Total cases reached 29,364 on 20th May 2020.
The ideal situation to end the circuit breaker is having 0 local transmission cases for 14 days straight before(June 1st) reopening any activities, but unfortunately, this is not the strategy Singapore is using.
Highest community cases in the past few days
Among these are two Singaporeans and permanent residents and the other 6 are work pass and work permit holders.
Yesterday( May 19) we had 1 community cases and the day before (May 18) we had 2 community cases.
Nurse infected
It can be quite worrying that an essential worker is infected as they commute to work daily.
Case 29069 is a 30-year-old female Filipino national who is a Singapore Work Pass holder and has no recent travel history to affected countries or regions. She was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 19 May and is currently warded at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases.
She is employed as a nurse at Ren Ci Community Hospital but had not gone to work since onset of symptoms.
842 Discharged
842 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 11,207 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.
11 in critical condition
There are currently 954 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and 11 are in critical condition in the intensive care unit. 17,181 are isolated and cared for at community facilities. These are those who have mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19. 22 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.