Singapore: 88-year-old girl dies from coronavirus, first since Mar 13

An 88-year-old girl died from problems associated to COVID-19 at a Singapore hospital, the primary in additional than a month, in accordance with media experiences.
The final COVID-19 dying in Singapore was reported on March 13, when a 61-year-old man died from problems because of the an infection.
With her dying, the coronavirus fatality depend rose to 31 in Singapore, which reported 34 new infections on Saturday.
The girl was admitted to Ward 9D of Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) on April 14 and was confirmed to have COVID-19 on April 28.
The girl had a historical past of most cancers, hypertension, congestive cardiac failure, stroke and hyperlipidaemia, the Health Ministry mentioned right here on Saturday night time.
Eight different sufferers from Ward 9D of the hospital had additionally contracted COVID-19.
A affected person from Ward 9C examined optimistic for the virus. Two medical doctors, a healthcare assistant trainee and a cleaner on the hospital additionally contracted the an infection.

The hospital presently has 1,100 sufferers and 4,500 workers members, all of whom might be examined, TTSH CEO Eugene Soh mentioned on Friday.
Close contacts of the instances, together with sufferers, guests and workers, who’ve been within the affected wards have been positioned in quarantine.
Visitors usually are not allowed on the hospital, besides on a case-by-case foundation for sufferers who’re critically ailing.
Among the brand new instances introduced on Saturday is a 19-year-old everlasting resident learning at Singapore Management University (SMU). She had arrived from India on December 28.
She has been attending lessons nearly, apart from a go to to the college on April 21.
She had been recognized as a detailed contact of one other case throughout their flight to Singapore and was positioned in quarantine from December 29 to January 11.
She examined adverse for the an infection on January 8. The an infection was detected when she took a pre-departure check on April 28 for a visit.

She was asymptomatic at the moment and was delivered to Changi General Hospital. Her check report got here out optimistic the subsequent day, in accordance with a report by The Straits Times.
Meanwhile, a college will shift to home-based studying (HBL) subsequent week, after a 15-year-old pupil examined optimistic for COVID-19 on Friday.
Singapore has to date reported 61,179 instances, 60,765 which have recovered and discharged from hospital.