News Highlights

13th Nov 2021

Summary of local situation

• 1,574 cases remain warded in hospital. 253 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 51 are unstable and under close monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 72 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 66.3%.
• Over the last 28 days, of the 90,186 infected individuals, 98.7% had no or mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.3% were in the ICU, and 0.2% has died.
• As of 12 November 2021, 85% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 20% has received boosters.
• Over the past day,2,539 cases were discharged, of whom 389 are seniors aged 60 years and above. 2,304 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, with 2,179 in the community, 120 in the migrant worker dormitories and 5 imported cases. The weekly infection growth rate is 0.98.

Situation at Hospitals

1.    As of 13 November 2021, 253 cases require oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 51 are unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 72 are critically ill and intubated in the ICU. The current overall ICU utilisation rate is 66.3%.

Figure 1: Daily Adult ICU Bed Utilisation



Status of Patients

2.    Over the last 28 days, 98.7% of local infected cases were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, 0.8% required oxygen supplementation in the general ward, 0.2% were unstable and under close monitoring in the ICU to prevent further deterioration, and 0.1% had been critically ill and intubated in the ICU. 

Figure 2: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Severity of Condition[1]  

3.    Seniors 60 years old and above, especially if unvaccinated, continue to be more adversely affected by COVID-19: 

Figure 3: Patients Needing Oxygen Supplementation, ICU Care or Died[2], by Age Groups



Vaccination 

4.    As of 12 November 2021, 85% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86% has received at least one dose, and 20% has received their booster shots. 

5.    Over the past 7 days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.5 and 5.4 per 100,000 population respectively. Over the same period, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who died are 0.1 and 0.9 per 100,000 population respectively. Among seniors aged 60 and above, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are 1.9 and 47.6 respectively.  The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.4 and 9.0 respectively.

Figure 4: 7-Day Moving Average of Number of Deaths and Active Cases in ICU, per 100,000 Population by Vaccination Status [3]  

Inflow and Outflow of Cases

6.    Over the past day, 2,539 cases were discharged, of whom 389 are seniors aged 60 years and above. 

7.    As of 13 November 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 2,304 new cases of COVID-19 infection, comprising 2,179 community cases, 120 dormitory resident cases and 5 imported cases. Amongst the community cases today are 388 seniors who are aged 60 years and above. The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before is 0.98.

8.    14 more cases, aged between 61 and 94 years, have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. All of them, except for a partially vaccinated case, had various underlying medical conditions. 

Figure 5: Number of Community Cases by Age



Figure 6: Week-on-week Infection Ratio[4]

9.    We are closely monitoring the clusters listed below, which have already been ringfenced through tracing, testing and isolation.

Figure 7: Large Clusters with New Cases

10.     Please refer to MOH’s daily Situation Report(www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report) for details. 

MINISTRY OF HEALTH
13 NOVEMBER 2021

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