Singapore reports 11,504 new Covid-19 cases on June 28, highest in 3 months

Singapore on Tuesday reported 11504 new Covid19 cases the highest in over three months with Health Minister Ong Ye Kung warning people that the latest wave of infections has arrived sooner than expectedDeputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said that Covid cases are expected to continue rising in the coming weeksWong who is also the cochair of the Covid19 multiministry task force had on Monday said there was no need to tighten COVID19 safety measures at this stage but adjustments will be made if need beThe uptick in the number of infections is caused by the newer BA4 and BA5 subvariants of Omicron he had saidHealth Minister Ong Ye Kung on Tuesday told Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao I had earlier said that the next wave might take place around July or August but its now here a little earlier at the end of June possibly due to the June school holidaysOf the 11504 new Covid19 cases reported on Tuesday till noon 10732 were local infections and 772 imported cases Also one person succumbed to the viral infections taking the total number of deaths linked to coronavirus complications to 1410 since the pandemic hit the citystateSingapore Ministry of Health has confirmed 1425171 Covid cases so farOn Monday the ministry had said that about 45 per cent of Covid cases in the community in the past week were caused by the BA4 and BA5 subvariants up from 30 per cent in the week beforeThe BA5 subvariant alone is estimated to have contributed to 40 per cent of all COVID19 cases in the past weekHowever international and local data show that the two subvariants do not result in more severe outcomes than the earlier Omicron strains the health ministry said on MondayCoupled with our populations high vaccination coverage the number of severe COVID19 infections has remained manageable Channel News Asia reported quoting the Health MinistryAccording to media reports the last time Singapore reported more daily infections than Tuesday was on March 22 when 13166 COVID19 new cases were recordedMeanwhile the Singapore Ministry of Health on Monday said a toddler died from encephalitis due to COVID19 respiratory syncytial virus and enterovirus infections It added the Singaporean boy had no other medical history and was previously wellThe 18monthold boy was the first person under the age of 12 to die of COVID19 in SingaporeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever