SINGAPORE - There were 26 new coronavirus cases confirmed at noon on Friday (April 9), taking Singapore's total to 60,601.

They were all imported and the patients had been placed on stay-home notices on arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health.

There were no community cases, and none from migrant workers' dormitories.

In an update on Friday night, the ministry said that of the 26, four are Singaporeans and three are permanent residents who returned from Canada, India, Indonesia and Kenya, while two are dependant's pass holders who arrived from India.

One is a long-term visit pass holder who arrived from India, while two are student's pass holders who arrived from France and India.

There were 14 who arrived for work, of whom two are work pass holders who arrived from India and the United Kingdom, while 12 are work permit holders who had travelled from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Overall, the number of new cases in the community has remained stable at an average of two a week in the past fortnight.

The number of unlinked cases in the community has also remained stable at two a week in the same period.

With 20 patients discharged on Friday, 60,289 have fully recovered from the disease.

A total of 44 patients remain in hospital, including one in intensive care, while 223 are recuperating in community facilities.

Singapore has had 30 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died of other causes.

Globally, the virus outbreak, which began in December 2019, has infected more than 133 million people. Some 2.9 million people have died.