Waning immunity, increased travel fuel jump in Singapore Covid-19 cases

The health ministry said Covid-19 hospitalisations and ICU cases had shot up in recent weeks

It urged residents to visit their doctor four to six weeks before a trip for a health risk assessment and keep up to date with their jabs

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Singapore’s Ministry of Health said the rise in Covid-19 cases could be due to several factors, including increased travel. File photo: AFP

Published: 3:35pm, 9 Dec 2023

The number of hospitalisations and intensive care unit (ICU) cases due to Covid-19 has increased amid a rising number of infections, Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Friday.

The estimated number of Covid-19 cases in the week of November 26 to December 2 rose to 32,035, compared with 22,094 cases in the previous week.

The average daily Covid-19 hospitalisations also rose to 225 from 136 the week before, and the average daily intensive care unit cases increased to four cases compared to one case in the previous week.

MOH said the numbers of hospitalisations and ICU cases are not as high as during the pandemic.

“This has added workload to our hospitals, which are already busy,” said MOH, adding that it is closely tracking the trajectory of this wave to ensure that its healthcare capacity is able to cope.

Although the number of cases is rising, there is no indication that the variants circulating locally are more transmissible or cause more severe disease, added the ministry.

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