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Singapore reports 25th Covid-19 fatality

SINGAPORE: Singapore, which recorded 344 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, reported another death due to the virus, bringing the cumulative number of fatalities to 25.

The republic's Ministry of Health (MOH), in a statement issued here late last night, said the latest death is of a 41-year-old male Chinese national.

Identified as Case 11714, the victim was confirmed to have contracted Covid-19 on April 22 and died on June 4.

According to the ministry, he had recovered from the infection and was discharged on May 17, but collapsed on June 4, and the coroner had certified the cause of death as massive pulmonary thromboembolism, following the SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Singapore reported its first Covid-19 death on March 21.

As of Saturday, 350 more Covid-19 cases were discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities, thus, in all, 24,559 or about 66 per cent from Saturday's tally of 37,527 have fully recovered.

Currently, 308 cases remain in hospitals with four in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

The ministry said 12,635 cases with mild symptoms, or are clinically well, but still test positive for Covid-19, have been isolated and are being cared for at community facilities. - Bernama

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