SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 884 new Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases in Singapore as of Tuesday noon (May 12), taking the total count to 24,671. Among these are three Singaporeans and permanent residents, while migrant workers living in dormitories form the bulk of the remaining cases.
Medical officers checking on the current health status of foreign workers at a dense workers' dormitory in central Singapore on Tuesday . Migrant workers living in dormitories form the bulk of the Covid-19 cases in the island. - The Straits Times/ANN
A 53-year-old Indian national also died after suffering a cardiac arrest on Saturday before later testing positive. MOH said his death was caused by ruptured myocardial infarction due to coronary thrombosis, making him the seventh coronavirus patient here to die from causes not related to Covid-19. Foreign workers living in dormitories continue to make up the bulk of the new cases as 481 of these were from the group.
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