1. As of 18 March 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed and verified that there are no new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection. There are 15 imported cases, who had already been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) upon arrival in Singapore. All new cases today are asymptomatic, and were detected from our proactive screening and surveillance.
Summary of new cases
| | | | Breakdown by | | Breakdown by |
| | Number of cases | | Already in quarantine/ isolation before detection | Detected from surveillance | | Symptomatic | Asymptomatic |
| Cases in the community | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 |
| Cases residing in dormitories | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 |
| Imported cases | 15 | | 15 | 0 | | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 15 | | | | | | |
2. Overall, the number of new cases in the community has decreased from 2 cases in the week before to 1 case in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased from 2 cases in the week before to 1 case in the past week. We will continue to closely monitor these numbers, as well as the cases detected through our surveillance programme.
3. Amongst the 82 confirmed cases reported from 12 March to 18 March, 40 cases have tested positive for their serology tests, 25 have tested negative, and 17 serology test results are pending.
Case Detailsa) Cases in the community: 0There are no cases in the community today.
b) Cases residing in dormitories: 0There are no cases residing in dormitories today.
c) Imported cases: 15Amongst the 15 imported cases,
• 3 (Cases 60998, 61008 and 61010) are Singapore Permanent Residents who returned from India and Malaysia.
• 1 (Case 61006) is a Long-Term Visit Pass holder who arrived from Indonesia.
• 1 (Case 60992) is a Work Pass holder who arrived from the UAE.
• 9 are Work Permit holders who arrived from Bangladesh, India and Malaysia, of whom 1 (Case 60991) is a foreign domestic worker.
• 1 (Case 60993) is a Short-Term Visit Pass holder who arrived from Indonesia for a work project in Singapore.
They had all already been placed on SHN upon arrival in Singapore and were tested while serving SHN.
4. Please refer to the
Annexes and MOH’s daily Situation Report (
www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details.
5. Epidemiological investigations are in progress. In the meantime, all the identified close contacts of the cases have been isolated and placed on quarantine, and will be tested at the start and end of their quarantine period so that we can detect asymptomatic cases. We will also conduct serological tests for the close contacts to determine if the cases could have been infected by them.
Update on condition of confirmed cases6. 13 more cases of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 60,014 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.
7. There are currently 14 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and none is in the intensive care unit. 94 are isolated and cared for at community facilities. These are those who have mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19. 30 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.