SINGAPORE - The Covid-19 cluster linked to Jurong Fishery Port and the Hong Lim Market and Food Centre, which had 1,155 cases in total, was declared closed on Tuesday (Sept 7), said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its daily update.
There were no cases linked to the cluster for the past 28 days.
A new Covid-19 cluster has emerged at Madrasah Irsyad Zuhri Al-Islamiah, an Islamic religious school in Braddell Road, with eight cases in total, said MOH. Six cases were added to the cluster on Tuesday.
The growing Covid-19 cluster linked to staff at eight bus interchanges now stands at 537, with 28 new cases added.
Toa Payoh bus interchange has the most number of cases, with 174 cases in total, after 13 new cases were added.
No new cases were added to the Punggol, Sengkang and Bishan interchanges.
Twenty new cases were added to the construction site at 30 Sunview Way, which was previously known as the Westlite Kranji Way cluster. It has a total of 26 cases.
Meanwhile, the Bugis Junction cluster added seven new cases, bringing its total to 291.
Three new cases were also linked to the Changi General Hospital cluster, which now stands at 54.
MOH added that there are currently 53 active clusters of infection.
Singapore reported a total of 332 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, including 328 locally transmitted cases and four imported ones.
There were 185 unlinked locally transmitted cases, the highest number of unlinked cases in Singapore so far.
Four of the locally transmitted cases were seniors above 70 who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, and at risk of serious illness.
There are 643 Covid-19 patients still in hospital.
These include six in critical condition in the intensive care unit, and 24 who require oxygen support.
Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said on Monday that there could be 2,000 new daily Covid-19 cases in a month's time, should the virus continue spreading in the community at the current rate.
He urged the public to hold back on non-essential social activities for the next two weeks to curb the virus' spread, while MOH announced new measures, including a more aggressive testing regime, to put a lid on new cases.
Social gatherings at workplaces will not be allowed from Wednesday, MOH said.
Read the full MOH press release here.
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