Singapore has preliminarily confirmed 31 new cases of COVID-19 infection in the past 24 hours, including nine imported cases.

In its brief data released here, the republic’s Ministry of Health (MOH) said all the imported cases had been placed on Stay-Home Notice upon arrival in Singapore.

Meanwhile, based on its investigations so far, the ministry said there were no cases in the community.

With the latest development, the total number of infections for the republic stands at 57,607.

The ministry said it was still working through the details of the cases and further updates would be issued tonight.

In the full data released late Sunday, the ministry classified 1,015 of the reported cases as imported, 2,244 as community cases and 54,317 involving dorm residents.

The MOH said 57,181 cases had fully recovered and been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.

A total of 30 confirmed cases remain hospitalised but none in the intensive care unit, it said.

Meanwhile, 338 patients who have mild symptoms or clinically well but still tested positive for COVID-19 have been isolated and being cared for at community facilities.

To date, 27 people have died from complications due to COVID-19 in the republic.

No new clusters were identified yesterday.

-- BERNAMA