Update on Local COVID-19 Situation And Vaccination Progress (19 Aug)

Update on vaccination progress

        As of 18 August 2021, we have administered a total of 8,507,687 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme (Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty and Moderna), covering 4,453,578 individuals, with 4,186,252 individuals having completed the full vaccination regimen.

2.     In addition, 153,913 doses of other vaccines recognised in the World Health Organization’s Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL) have been administered as of 18 August 2021, covering 84,219 individuals. In total, 77% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, and 82% has received at least one dose.

Figure 1: Percentage of Total Population who Received At Least First Dose¹ and Completed Full Regimen² of NVP and WHO EUL Vaccines³

Figure 2: Percentage of Vaccinated Individuals who Received At Least First Dose of NVP and WHO EUL Vaccines by Age Group

Figure 3: Percentage of Individuals who Completed Full Regimen of NVP and WHO EUL Vaccines by Age Group

Condition of hospitalised cases

3.     391 cases are currently warded in hospital. There are currently 29 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 8 in critical condition in the ICU. Of those who have fallen very ill, 28 are seniors above 60 years, of whom 22 are completely unvaccinated or partially vaccinated.  

Figure 4: Number of Active Cases in ICU or Requiring Oxygen Supplementation

Figure 5: Deaths and Active Cases in ICU or Requiring Oxygen Supplementation, by Age Group

4.             There is continuing evidence that almost all fully-vaccinated individuals do not suffer serious disease when infected, unless if they had underlying medical conditions that made them more susceptible. Over the last 28 days, the percentage of unvaccinated who became severely ill or died is 9.1%, while that for the fully vaccinated is 1.7%.

Figure 6: Local Cases in the Last 28 Days by Vaccination Status & Severity of Condition⁴

Figure 7: Deaths and Active Cases in ICU or Requiring Oxygen Supplementation, by Vaccination Status

Locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

5.      There are 29 cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection today. 11 are linked to previous cases, and have already been placed on quarantine. 5 are linked to previous cases and were detected through surveillance. 13 are currently unlinked. 

6.       There are 3 imported cases, who have already been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. In total, there are 32 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore today.

Figure 8: Number of Local Unlinked Cases and Linked Cases by Already Quarantined/ Detected through Surveillance⁵

Summary of trends for local cases

7.     Overall, the number of new cases in the community has decreased from 412 cases in the week before to 290 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased from 112 cases in the week before to 80 cases in the past week. The 7-day moving average number of all linked community cases and all unlinked community cases are 30.0 and 11.4 respectively.

Figure 9: 7 Day Moving Average Number of Community Unlinked and Linked Cases⁵

Figure 10: Local Cases in the Last 14 Days by Age Group and Vaccination Status

 

Summary of trends for imported cases

8.     There are a total of 3 imported cases. Of these, 1 was detected upon arrival in Singapore, while 2 developed the illness during SHN or isolation.

Figure 11: Number of Imported Cases by Detected Upon Arrival/Detected during SHN or Isolation

Active clusters under monitoring

9.     There are 2 new clusters today, and 5 clusters have closed. There are currently 84 active clusters, ranging between 3 and 1,155 infections.

Figure 12: Number of Active Clusters

Figure 13: List of Active Clusters

Cluster	New Cases	Total6
Case 67220 (new cluster)	32	32
Giant (683 Hougang Avenue 8) (new cluster)	7	7
Case 68431	2	7
Superland Pre-School (Kreta Ayer Community Centre)	1	17
Westlite Juniper Dormitory	0	66
Sengkang Bus Interchange staff	0	20
My First Skool (54 Chin Swee Road)	0	38
Case 67278	0	7
Case 67343	0	41
43 Sungei Kadut Loop dormitory	0	14
Chee Song Frozen Foods	0	8
Case 67651	0	9
North Bridge Road Market & Food Centre	0	16
Bishan Bus Interchange staff	0	15
Kian Hiap Construction	0	17
SAFRA Tampines	0	17
Sin Ming 23 Coffee Shop	0	17
Marina Bay Sands Casino	0	66
Case 67143	0	4
KTV lounges/clubs	0	253
Case 67302	0	3
Case 68131	0	4
Zuellig Pharma	0	12
Case 66567	0	34
Westlite Mandai Dormitory	0	14
Case 66838	0	4
Jurong Fishery Port/ Hong Lim Market & Food Centre*	0	1,155
Case 67045	0	3
Case 67353	0	5
NKF Dialysis Centre (Sakyadhita)	0	9
Case 67982	0	7
Case 67981	0	3
Case 66215	0	6
Samy’s Curry Restaurant	0	61
Punggol Primary School	0	17
Elsie’s Kitchen	0	6
Jem	0	6
CHIJ Katong Convent	0	10
Case 66449	0	21
Case 67704	0	4
Case 67283	0	12
Case 66244	0	8
Case 67425	0	5
Home’s Favourite Pte Ltd	0	16
Case 67738	0	3
Nimble/Knead	0	7
Case 66542	0	4
Case 67436	0	7
Case 67582	0	9
Changi General Hospital	0	4
Case 66764	0	4
Case 66804	0	6
Case 66844	0	9
Case 67276	0	7
Case 67476	0	6
Case 65687	0	3
Case 66996	0	3
Case 67161	0	3
Case 67388	0	3
Case 67471	0	5
Case 67534	0	4
Case 67041	0	6
Case 67051	0	5
Case 66922	0	3
Case 67236	0	3
Institution S2 Selarang Park Complex	0	8
Case 65972	0	4
Case 67078	0	3
Seng Leong Steel (Ent) Pte Ltd	0	5
Yishun Community Hospital	0	4
Case 65751	0	8
Case 66464	0	7
Case 64697	0	76
Case 66293	0	3
Case 66142	0	3
Case 66538	0	4
Case 66468	0	3
Case 66377	0	5
Case 65893	0	6
Case 65360	0	10
Apex Medical Centre (Jurong)	0	3
Case 65979	0	3
Case 65791	0	4
Case 65342	0	3