The new cases take Singapore's total to 62,028.
The remaining 13 are linked to previous cases. Eleven had already been quarantined. There were also six imported cases who had been placed on stay-home notice on arrival in Singapore, said the ministry.
Five are returning Singaporeans or permanent residents. There were no new cases in the workers' dormitories.Four children and a woman who are family members of an infected cleaning supervisor were among eight new coronavirus cases linked to the Hong Ye Group cluster on Saturday. The new cases from the same household are an eight-month-old girl, a one-year-old boy, two girls - aged seven and nine - who are pupils of Boon Lay Garden Primary School and a 32-year-old housewife. They are family members of a 30-year-old Singaporean man employed by Hong Ye Group as a cleaning supervisor at Changi Business Park. His infection was confirmed on May 23.MOH said on Saturday that the eight-month-old girl does not attend any childcare facility. The one-year-old boy attends Little Explorers Cove @ Boon Lay and was last at the centre last month.The children and the housewife were identified as close contacts of the cleaning supervisor and were quarantined last Monday.The infant girl developed a fever the next day, the two primary school pupils had a fever last Wednesday, and the one-year-old boy had a fever last Thursday. Their symptoms were not reported. The five cases were tested for Covid-19 last Thursday during quarantine, and the results came back positive the next day. Their serology test results are pending. A third primary school pupil is also linked to the Hong Ye Group cluster. Aged 13, she is from Xinghua Primary School and was last in school on May 18. The remaining two new patients who were added to the cluster were a 58-year-old Singaporean housewife from the same household as another Hong Ye Group cleaner who had tested positive last Wednesday; and a 47-year-old Singaporean part-time cleaner who works at Abba Maintenance Services. Overall, the number of new cases in the community has fallen from 199 two weeks ago to 138 in the past week. Unlinked cases in the community have also decreased from 48 to 23 over the same period.Article type: metered
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