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Singapore’s health ministry confirms 448 new coronavirus cases, one more death – Metro US

Singapore’s health ministry confirms 448 new coronavirus cases, one more death

A migrant worker looks on from a swab isolation facility
A migrant worker looks on from a swab isolation facility as he waits for his test results at a dormitory, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s health ministry said on Thursday it confirmed another 448 coronavirus cases, taking the city-state’s tally of infections to 29,812.

Most of the newly reported cases are from migrant-worker dormitories, the health ministry said.

Singapore reported one more death, a citizen of the city-state, taking the virus-related death toll to 23.

(Reporting by Aradhana Aravindan in Singapore and Bhargav Acharya in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Chopra and Anil D’Silva)