Five new clusters of the coronavirus were reported in Singapore on Sunday (April 19), as another 596 cases were confirmed with hundreds related to foreign worker dormitories. 

The new clusters are detected at Woodlands Lodge I, Changi Lodge II, 51 Paya Ubi Industrial Park, 17 Jalan Besut and Sembawang Shipyard.

Of the 596 new cases, 544 were work permit holders residing in dormitories. Only 25 are Singaporeans or permanent residents. There were no imported cases.

There have been 26 more cases discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 768 have fully recovered and been discharged.

Of the new cases, 68 per cent are linked to known clusters, while the rest are pending contact tracing. 

The number of new cases in the community has fallen, from an average of 37 cases per day in the week before, to an average of 31 per day in the past week.

But there are slightly more unlinked cases in the community at an average of 22 per day in the past week, up from an average of 18 cases per day in the week before. 

Singapore now has the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in South-east Asia at 6,588 cases, overtaking Indonesia at 6,575 and the Philippines at 6,259.

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