Update on Local COVID-19 Situation and Vaccination Progress (13 Aug 2021)

Update on vaccination progress

        As of 12 August 2021, we have administered a total of 8,286,283 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme (Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty and Moderna), covering 4,402,608 individuals, with 4,011,715 individuals having completed the full vaccination regimen. 

2.      In addition, 142,966 doses of other vaccines recognised in the World Health Organization’s Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL) have been administered as of 12 August 2021, covering 82,951 individuals. In total, 74% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, and 81% has received at least one dose.

Figure 1: Percentage of Total Population who Received At Least First Dose^[1] and Completed Full Regimen^[2] of NVP and WHO EUL Vaccines^[3]

Figure 2: Percentage of Vaccinated Individuals who Received At Least First Dose of NVP and WHO EUL Vaccines by Age Group

Figure 3: Percentage of Individuals who Completed Full Regimen of NVP and WHO EUL Vaccines by Age Group

Figure 4: Total number of doses administered

Condition of hospitalised cases

3.      488 cases are currently warded in hospital. There are currently 30 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 10 in critical condition in the ICU. 7 amongst these 40 cases are fully vaccinated. Of those who have fallen very ill, 34 are seniors above 60 years, of whom 27 are completely unvaccinated or partially vaccinated.  

4.      Case 66875, an 84 year-old male Singaporean, has passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection on 13 August 2021. He had developed symptoms on 28 July, and was admitted to National University Hospital on 29 July where he tested positive for COVID-19 infection. He had not been vaccinated against COVID-19, and had a history of cancer, ischaemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia. In total, 44 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.

Figure 5: Number of Active Cases in ICU or Requiring Oxygen Supplementation

Figure 6: Deaths and Active Cases in ICU or Requiring Oxygen Supplementation, by Age Group

5.     There is continuing evidence that almost all fully-vaccinated individuals do not suffer serious disease when infected, unless if they had underlying medical conditions that made them more susceptible. Over the last 28 days, the percentage of unvaccinated who became severely ill or died is 9.6%, while that for the fully vaccinated is 1.0%. 

Figure 7: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Vaccination Status & Severity of Condition^[4]  

Figure 8: Deaths and Active Cases in ICU or Requiring Oxygen Supplementation, 
by Vaccination Status

Locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

6.     There are 45 cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection today. 20 are linked to previous cases, and have already been placed on quarantine. 12 are linked to previous cases and were detected through surveillance. 13 are currently unlinked. 

7.     There are 4 imported cases, have already been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. In total, there are 49 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore today. 

Figure 9: Number of Local Unlinked Cases and Linked Cases by Already Quarantined/ Detected through Surveillance^[5]

Summary of trends for local cases

8.     Overall, the number of new cases in the community has decreased from 671 cases in the week before to 380 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased from 191 cases in the week before to 108 cases in the past week. The 7-day moving average number of all linked community cases and all unlinked community cases are 38.9 and 15.4 respectively.

Figure 10: 7 Day Moving Average Number of Community Unlinked and Linked Cases^[5]

Figure 11: Local Cases in the Last 14 Days by Age Group and Vaccination Status

Summary of trends for imported cases

9.     There are a total of 4 imported cases today, who have already been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. 2 were detected upon arrival in Singapore, while 2 developed the illness during SHN or isolation. 

Figure 12: Number of Imported Cases by Detected Upon Arrival/ Detected during SHN or Isolation

Active clusters under monitoring

10.     There are 3 new clusters today, and 6 clusters that have closed. There are currently 116 active clusters, ranging between 3 and 1,151 infections.

Figure 13: Number of Active Clusters

Figure 14: List of Active Clusters

* Yuhua Market & Hawker Centre is currently linked to this cluster.

11. Please refer to MOH’s daily Situation Report (www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report ↗ (opens in new tab)) for details. 

MINISTRY OF HEALTH
13 AUGUST 2021

^[1] Based on National Immunisation Registry data. 
^[2] Full regimen refers to individuals who have received both doses of the vaccine or one dose for vaccinated recovered individuals.
^[3] Other vaccines recognised in the WHO EUL account for about 2% of the total population who received at least 1 dose and about 1% of total population who completed the full regimen.
^[4] Fully vaccinated - more than 14 days after completing vaccination regimen (both doses of the vaccine or one dose for recovered individuals). Partially vaccinated – received 1 dose of 2-dose vaccine or COVID-positive within 14 days of completing vaccination regimen.
^[5] Incorporates re-classifications of earlier reported cases.
^[6] Includes new cases added today.