25 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, all imported

SINGAPORE - There were 25 new coronavirus cases confirmed on Monday at noon (April 12), taking Singapore's total to 60,678.

All of the cases were imported and had been placed on stay-home notice or isolated upon arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).

There were no community cases and no cases from migrant workers' dormitories.

In an update on Monday night, MOH said that a 72-year-old Singaporean woman returning from Canada was among the 25 new cases.

She - along with four others yesterday - had symptoms.

The onset of her symptoms was on April 11, the day she tested positive for the virus.

Five of them, including the 72-year-old woman, were Singaporeans while two were permanent residents. They were returning from Canada, India, Indonesia and the United Kingdom.

There were four work pass holders coming from Bangladesh, India and Nepal, and 11 work permit holders, also coming from Bangladesh and India, and also the Philippines.

The last three cases were short-term visit pass holders arriving from India and the United States.

The Health Ministry added that number of new cases in the community has remained stable at two cases per week in the past two weeks.

The number of unlinked cases in the community in a week has also remained stable at two cases per week in the past two weeks.

With 22 cases discharged on Monday, 60,342 patients have fully recovered from the disease.

A total of 56 patients remain in hospital, including one in the intensive care unit, while 235 were 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 135 million people. Over 2.93 million people have died.