According to the republic’s The Straits Times, this is the highest number of deaths reported in a single day.

Five were men and six were women, all Singaporeans. Four were vaccinated, three were partially vaccinated and the remaining four unvaccinated.

“All, except one, had underlying medical conditions,” the ministry said in its daily update, without giving further details.

The report said among them was a 56-year-old who had been partially vaccinated against the virus and had multiple conditions.

Saturday was the 20th day in a row that deaths from Covid-19 were reported.

It said the ministry reported 3,703 new Covid-19 infections, comprising 2,868 new cases in the community, 832 in migrant worker dormitories and three imported cases.

This is the fifth day in a row that cases have exceeded 3,000 in Singapore, and there were 113 more infections than the previous day’s 3,590.

The local cases include 611 people aged above 60. The total number of cases in Singapore now stands at 124,157.

The daily said large clusters at nursing home United Medicare Centre’s Toa Payoh branch and a dormitory at Kim Keat Avenue, also in Toa Payoh, were highlighted by the ministry.

“The cluster at the nursing home had 54 cases, with transmission detected among staff and residents. One was a household member of a case.

“There were 40 cases at the dormitory. The ministry found no evidence of spread beyond the dorm.”

The ministry, for the first time in its nightly update, gave a breakdown of the number of active cases in hospitals, Covid-19 treatment facilities, community care facilities and those recovering from home.

“As of Saturday, there were 15,606 on home recovery, 2,875 in community care facilities and 360 in treatment facilities.

“There were 1,569 cases in hospitals — five more than Friday. A total of 302 patients require oxygen support, with 40 in the intensive care unit,” it said.

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