💉 VACCINE SNAPSHOT: 72% of Singapore's population has been fully vaccinated against COVID19 as of Aug 9 ALSO: 13 COVID19 clusters have been closed, with no new cluster for the first time in more than 2 weeks, says the Health Ministry
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 53 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections as of noon on Tuesday , including 15 with no links to previous cases.
Thirteen COVID-19 clusters were closed, with MOH reporting no new cluster for the first time since Jul 22. The Health Ministry did not provide more details on the clusters that were closed. There were 32 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation and 11 in critical condition in the intensive care unit . Six of these 43 cases were fully vaccinated.
As of Monday, 72 per cent of Singapore's population has completed the full vaccination regimen or received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. A total of 81 per cent of the population has received at least one dose.