Singapore’s Ministry of Health today reported an additional 1,016 cases of nCoV infection, including 15 Singaporeans and permanent residents, the rest are all foreign workers living in dormitories, bringing infections in the island nation to 10,141.
This is the second consecutive day that Singapore recorded more than 1,000 new infections, after the number of infections suddenly increased by 1,426 cases yesterday.
Some people quarantined at Westlite Toh Guan dormitory in Singapore on April 7.
Indonesia recorded 19 more deaths from nCoV, bringing the total number of deaths to 635, continuing to be the country with the most deaths in Southeast Asia.
The Indonesian government once refused complete blockade measures due to concerns about the economic impact.
President Joko Widodo on April 21 issued a ban on people returning to their hometowns during Eid al-Fitr, an important Muslim festival marking the end of the month of Ramadan.
The Philippines, the third largest epidemic region in Southeast Asia, recorded an additional 111 cases of nCoV infection, bringing the total number of infections to 6,710.
A prison in Cebu City became an outbreak when 123 inmates were infected with nCoV.
Nation
New infection
Total infections
New death
Total deaths
Singapore
1,016
10.141
0
11
Indonesia
283
7,418
29
635
Philippines
111
6,710
9
446
Malaysia
50
5,532
first
93
Thailand
15
2,826
first
49
Vietnam
0
268
0
0
Brunei
0
138
0
first
Cambodia
0
122
0
0
Myanmar
0
121
0
5
East Timor
first
23
0
0
Laos
0
19
0
0
Total
1,476
33,318
40
1,240
The number of nCoV infections in Malaysia increased to 5,532 with 50 new infections.
Thailand reported 15 more cases and one death, bringing the total to 2,826 and 49 respectively. Although the number of new infections has decreased in recent days, officials remain cautious.
`The lower figure is a small success, but we cannot let down our guard,` said Taweesin Wisanuyothin, spokesman for the government’s Covid-19 Response Center.
The Covid-19 situation in the remaining Southeast Asian countries has not changed much.
Hannah