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Singapore records highest COVID-19 cases in more than 1 year

| Updated: September 08, 2021 22:25:12


People wearing face masks crossing a road amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore on May 14 this year -Reuters file photo People wearing face masks crossing a road amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore on May 14 this year -Reuters file photo

Singapore's health ministry recorded 328 new domestic coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the highest daily number of new infections in more than a year.

The city-state has been reporting more than 100 domestic cases daily over the past two weeks in a rise that has come as the country removes most restrictions as part of its phased reopening, reports Reuters.

Finance minister and co-chair of the country's coronavirus task force, Lawrence Wong, told local media in a briefing on Monday that Singapore may reimpose COVID-19 curbs if the number of severe cases rises sharply.

The number announced on Tuesday was the most since the record 904 seen in early August 2020.

Singapore has fully vaccinated more than 80 per cent of its 5.7 million population against the coronavirus as of Monday, one of the highest rates in the world.

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