An 88-year-old woman died from complications related to COVID-19 at a Singapore hospital, the first in more than a month, according to media reports.<\/p>\n
The last COVID-19 death in Singapore was reported on March 13, when a 61-year-old man died from complications due to the infection.<\/p>\n
With her death, the coronavirus fatality count rose to 31 in Singapore, which reported 34 new infections on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The woman was admitted to Ward 9D of Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) on April 14 and was confirmed to have COVID-19 on April 28.<\/p>\n
The woman had a history of cancer, hypertension, congestive cardiac failure, stroke and hyperlipidaemia, the Health Ministry said here on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Eight other patients from Ward 9D of the hospital had also contracted COVID-19.<\/p>\n
A patient from Ward 9C tested positive for the virus. Two doctors, a healthcare assistant trainee and a cleaner at the hospital also contracted the infection.<\/p>\n
The hospital currently has 1,100 patients and 4,500 staff members, all of whom will be tested, TTSH CEO Eugene Soh said on Friday.<\/p>\n
Close contacts of the cases, including patients, visitors and staff, who have been in the affected wards have been placed in quarantine.<\/p>\n
Visitors are not allowed at the hospital, except on a case-by-case basis for patients who are critically ill.<\/p>\n
Among the new cases announced on Saturday is a 19-year-old permanent resident studying at Singapore Management University (SMU). She had arrived from India on December 28.<\/p>\n
She has been attending classes virtually, except for a visit to the university on April 21.<\/p>\n
She had been identified as a close contact of another case during their flight to Singapore and was placed in quarantine from December 29 to January 11.<\/p>\n
She tested negative for the infection on January 8. The infection was detected when she took a pre-departure test on April 28 for a trip.<\/p>\n
She was asymptomatic at that time and was brought to Changi General Hospital. Her test report came out positive the next day, according to a report by The Straits Times.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a school will shift to home-based learning (HBL) next week, after a 15-year-old student tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday.<\/p>\n
Singapore has so far reported 61,179 cases, 60,765 which have recovered and discharged from hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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