Singapore confirms 1,037 new Covid-19 cases

S11@Punggol foreign worker’s dormitory compound is among the locations designated as isolation areas. (AP pic)

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s health ministry said it had preliminarily confirmed 1,037 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking the city-state’s total infections to 11,178.

The health ministry said the vast majority of the new cases were migrant workers residing in dormitories, many of which are under government-ordered quarantine due to mass outbreaks.

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