52 new Covid-19 cases announced, 28 from overseas

Singapore

SINGAPORE announced 52 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, with 28 of the new patients contracting the virus overseas. All except two of the 28 were returning residents or long-term pass holders who had travelled to Europe, North America, Middle East or other parts of Asia.

The remaining 24 cases were locally transmitted and 10 were linked to existing clusters or previous cases. Of these, two were linked to the new cluster at the PCF Sparkletots pre-school in Fengshan, and one was linked to the new cluster at Dover Court International School.