Singapore: Singapore recorded 3,383 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, bringing the total tally in the country to 172,644, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a press release.
Of the new cases, 2,708 were reported in the community and 667 in migrant worker dormitories while eight were imported cases, Xinhua news agency reported.
A total of 1,738 cases are currently hospitalized. Of them 278 patients are in need of oxygen supplementation in the regular ward, 97 are stable under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 58 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU, said the MOH.
An additional 15 deaths from Covid-19 were reported in the Southeast Asian country, bringing the overall death toll to 315.
As of Saturday, 84 per cent of Singapore's population have been fully vaccinated, and 85 per cent have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
The global coronavirus caseload has topped 243.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.94 million and vaccinations soared to over 6.80 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In its latest update on Monday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and the total number number of vaccine doses administered stood at 243,637,026, 4,947,878 and 6,801,414,981, respectively.
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 45,444,228 and 735,930, according to the CSSE.
In terms of infections, India follows in the second place with 34,175,468 cases.
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