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24-09-2021, 11:21 PM
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/h...h-problems
A total of 1,650 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Singapore on Friday (Sept 24), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its daily update.
Three seniors with a host of health problems - of whom two were vaccinated - have died of Covid-19 complications, taking the death toll here to 73.
The latest daily total is the highest since the pandemic began, up from the previous record of 1,504 cases reported on Thursday.
he three deaths on Friday were Singaporean men.
The first, a 83-year-old man who was vaccinated, had a history of diabetes, restrictive lung disease, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia, a condition where is high levels of fats in the blood.
Together with his advanced age, his medical history made him more susceptible to severe illness, said MOH.
The other man who was vaccinated man was aged 86, and had a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ischaemic heart disease, bronchiectasis and hypertension. His advanced age again made him more susceptible to severe illness, MOH added.
The last death is a 79-year-old man who had not been vaccinated and had a history of pulmonary hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Graves' disease, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia.
Another 95 children under 12 have been infected with Covid-19, said MOH on Friday.
Currently, 1,092 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, down from 1,120 the day before.
There are 162 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, down from 163 the day before.
There are also 23 in critical condition in the intensive care unit, the same as Thursday.
Of the patients who have fallen very ill, 151 are seniors above the age of 60.
A total of 1,650 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Singapore on Friday (Sept 24), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its daily update.
Three seniors with a host of health problems - of whom two were vaccinated - have died of Covid-19 complications, taking the death toll here to 73.
The latest daily total is the highest since the pandemic began, up from the previous record of 1,504 cases reported on Thursday.
he three deaths on Friday were Singaporean men.
The first, a 83-year-old man who was vaccinated, had a history of diabetes, restrictive lung disease, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia, a condition where is high levels of fats in the blood.
Together with his advanced age, his medical history made him more susceptible to severe illness, said MOH.
The other man who was vaccinated man was aged 86, and had a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ischaemic heart disease, bronchiectasis and hypertension. His advanced age again made him more susceptible to severe illness, MOH added.
The last death is a 79-year-old man who had not been vaccinated and had a history of pulmonary hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Graves' disease, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia.
Another 95 children under 12 have been infected with Covid-19, said MOH on Friday.
Currently, 1,092 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, down from 1,120 the day before.
There are 162 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, down from 163 the day before.
There are also 23 in critical condition in the intensive care unit, the same as Thursday.
Of the patients who have fallen very ill, 151 are seniors above the age of 60.
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