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SINGAPORE - New Covid-19 infections stood at 747 cases on Sunday (Nov 28), down from 1,761 on Saturday and falling below the 1,000 mark for the first time since Sept 20. The Covid-19 weekly infection growth rate was at 0.69, down from 0.75 on Saturday, saidNew Covid-19 cases below 1,000 for first time since Sept 20
SINGAPORE - New Covid-19 infections stood at 747 cases on Sunday (Nov 28), down from 1,761 on Saturday and falling below the 1,000 mark for the first time since Sept 20. The Covid-19 weekly infection growth rate was at 0.69, down from 0.75 on Saturday, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its daily update. This is the 16th day in a row that the growth rate is below one. The number refers to the ratio of community cases in the past week over the week before. A weekly infection growth rate that is consistently below one shows that the number of new weekly Covid-19 cases is falling. The intensive care unit (ICU) utilisation rate was at 57.4 per cent on Sunday, up from 56.6 per cent on Saturday. Eleven people aged between 67 and 98 died of complications linked to Covid-19, MOH said. All of them had various underlying medical conditions, it added, without giving further details. The latest deaths take the total number of fatalities in Singapore to 701. The new infections comprised 719 cases in the community, 25 in migrant worker dormitories and three imported cases. Read more