Singapore reports 931 new coronavirus cases
International Desk Published: 26 April 2020, 01:32 PM
FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks walk at Singapore's Changi Airport, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su (Reuters)
Singapore registered 931 new Covid-19 (coronavirus) infections, its health ministry said on Sunday (April 26), taking the city-state's total number of infection cases to 13,624, reports Reuters.
The vast majority of the new cases are migrant workers living in dormitories, the health ministry said in the statement.
On Sunday, only 15 of the new cases are permanent residents.
The number of new cases rose from 618 reported on Saturday.
The tiny country of 5.7 million people now has one of the highest infection rates in Asia, according to official figures, due to outbreaks in cramped dormitories housing over 300,000 mainly South Asian workers.
