51-year-old Chinese national dies from Covid-19 complications; no new community cases

[SINGAPORE] A 51-year-old man from China died from complications due to Covid-19 infection on Sunday (May 31).

He is the youngest patient to have died from the coronavirus in Singapore.

The man was diagnosed with lymphoma complicated by multi-organ failure while he had been warded in the intensive care unit in end-April. Despite being treated for lymphoma, his condition had deteriorated and he subsequently died, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Monday.

He was confirmed to have Covid-19 on May 1 and the National University Hospital has reached out to his family and is extending assistance to them.

This brings the death toll for complications due to Covid-19 in Singapore to 24. Nine who tested positive for the virus have died from other causes.

There were no new community Covid-19 cases announced on Monday, with foreign workers living in dormitories making up all 408 of the new cases, as Singapore exits the circuit breaker period.

MOH also announced three new clusters on Monday. They are all dormitories and located at HSJV Dormitory at 33A Tanah Merah Coast Road, 10 Tuas South Street 12, and 109 Tuas View Walk 1.

The daily average for new community cases has decreased to seven in the past week from three two weeks ago.

Across the same periods, the number of unlinked cases has remained stable at an average of two per day.

MOH also said 767 more patients were discharged, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 22, 457. Currently, 344 confirmed cases are still in hospital with seven of them in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

Another 12,458 are isolated and cared for at community facilities, which are for those with mild symptoms or who are clinically well but still tested positive for Covid-19.

THE STRAITS TIMES