On 18 July, 6,227 new cases were confirmed and 4 new deaths were confirmed.
Today is Monday. Usually, the number of new confirmed cases on Sunday and Monday is low.
The main contents of this issue are:
First, under the new wave of epidemic conditions, singapore is really "lying flat"?
Second, the growth rate of confirmed coronavirus disease in Singapore remained at 1.03, and the peak of this wave has not yet passed
3. Yesterday, 3 elderly deaths were reported, and the case fatality rate of Omikron was maintained at 0.047%
The number of ordinary oxygen infusions was reduced to 81, and the number of ordinary hospitalized patients increased to 694
Is Singapore really "lying flat" under the new wave of the epidemic?
Last week, the fifth wave of the epidemic swept across the island of Singapore, with a total of 65,742 confirmed cases in 7 days, of which 16,870 cases were added in a single day on July 13. Under the epidemic, Singapore's painting style is like this
The mall is like this, and there is a queue everywhere for eating:
The style of the food cabinet painting is like this, chaotic but orderly:
Night zoo entrance: Queue for at least 20 minutes to enter:
However, in this situation, 19 cabinet members, including Singapore's President Halimah and Deputy Prime Minister Wang Ruijie, have been diagnosed with the new crown.
19 dignitaries have been diagnosed
Cabinet: One-third have been "recruited"
According to the incomplete statistics of singapore eye, at least 19 politicians in Singapore have been diagnosed so far, including the president, deputy prime minister, defense minister and so on.
There are 20 members in Singapore's cabinet, and as of yesterday, at least seven have been confirmed, with a positive rate of 35%, which is higher than the community positive rate.
Considering that politicians have much more contact with people in their daily work than ordinary people, whether they are foreign dignitaries or domestic voters, their chances of contracting the crown disease are naturally much higher than those of ordinary people.
The confirmed data has exceeded 10,000 many times
Huang Xuncai: There is no need to tighten COVID-19 safety management measures
Since the authorities issued a new wave of epidemic warnings, in one month, the number of new confirmed cases in a single day has exceeded 10,000.
According to Singapore Eye statistics, since the release of the fifth wave of the epidemic warning on June 20, as of today, there have been 228,285 new confirmed cases and 50 new deaths. In addition, due to the full liberalization of policies, the current wave of the epidemic has also ushered in a peak period of overseas imports.
Singapore Eye Netizens:
Strong yang for 10 days, and continued to spread after three days of yin
Singapore eye netizen Cherrylam submitted that he was diagnosed with the new crown from June 28 to July 5, when the test results were strong for 7 consecutive days. Today, the netizen posted again that after three days of her yin, the children in the family were infected with the new crown, and it has been 10 days, or there is no yin.
The full text is as follows:
Before posting that 7 days is still strong sun, is it Delta among me? I didn't expect it to turn cloudy on the 8th day!
Still, my mindset collapsed! On the third day after I turned negative, my 4-and-a-half-year-old son was unfortunately recruited, and he really couldn't understand how it was transmitted to him, or whether he was diagnosed after I turned yin.
There's more to the crash! It's now the 11th day, and my son hasn't turned yin yet! I heard that a lot of people have been yang for 14 days, and the virus of this wave of epidemics seems to be really different from the previous one!
There is also a very strange thing, the father who lives with him is still fine (not at home during the day, and sleeps in separate rooms at night)
I haven't been out for 19 days in a row, when exactly is a head.
The distribution of 15 million ART to the whole people is solemnly waiting to fight the epidemic
So, does "lying flat" really mean that the authorities are no longer in control?
From September 12, the Singapore Ministry of Health will distribute 10 ART self-testers to every household on the island, and it is expected that 15 million detectors will be distributed to each household.
(Source: Wang Yikang Facebook)
It is understood that the last time Singapore issued a free ART was in October 2021, when Singapore experienced the peak of the Delta virus. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong also posted on personal social platforms calling on people to conduct self-health tests to reduce the pressure on the healthcare system.
(Source: Lee Hsien Loong Facebook)
The Ministry of Health said it was the first island-wide ART distribution this year, and due to the large number of distributions, some families may need to wait for weeks to receive it, reminding the public to be patient.
The cumulative number of confirmed covid-19 cases is approaching 1.6 million in Singapore
Singapore yesterday increased by 6,974 confirmed cases, including 6,638 local cases and 309 imported cases, with a total of 1,596,046 cases, approaching 1.6 million. In addition, a total of 10,947 people were discharged/released from isolation.
On 17 July, the local cases had a moving average of 8,881 over the past seven days.
The seven-day mobile growth rate of indigenous cases is 1.03, the same as the previous day, which means that there were 100 cases in the seven days of the previous phase and 103 cases in the seven days of the current stage; it means that the growth of local cases is still growing.
The Singapore Eye estimates that the next few days are likely to fluctuate between 0.95 and 1.05.
Judging from the current data trend, the singapore wave of the epidemic should have entered the peak of the peak stage, and there should still be thousands of daily increases this week, but tomorrow (July 19) the new data should not be higher than last Tuesday.
We have repeatedly proposed that the growth rate will fluctuate around 1.0 until it reaches herd immunity. The so-called "herd immunity" is not that the virus is no longer infected, but the speed of infection is slowed down, the severe illness rate and mortality rate are maintained at a low level, medical resources will not be squeezed, the people are not panicked, the mentality is peaceful, and the normal production, life and learning order is maintained.
Yesterday three elderly deaths were reported
The case fatality rate of Omikron remains at 0.047%
The Ministry of Health reported 3 new deaths last night, a total of 1453, and the overall case fatality rate remained at 0.091%, the same day before.
Among the three new deaths, 2 were elderly people in their 70s or above, and 1 was an elderly person in their 60s, who died on the 15th and 17th of this month, respectively. The distribution of recent deaths and age is as follows:
Divided by the type of strain, Singapore experienced the original virus wave, entering Delta Wave last year and now the Opicron Wave. The case fatality rate of the current wave was maintained at 0.047%, which was half the case fatality rate of influenza the day before.
The above-mentioned Opmi Kejung Wave is only a rough division of the Singapore Eye, and some of the deaths are infected with the Delta strain, but the time of death occurs during the Opmi Kejung Wave, so we still classify it as the Opmi Kejung wave statistics.
The vast majority of singapore's original virus wave infections were dormitory guest workers, who were young and strong, and died of illness and 2 people; Deltapo and Omikronpo mainly infect communities, and most of the deceased are elderly and frail in old age.
Severe ICU illness dropped to 14 people
Yesterday there were 14 people in the intensive care unit of the ICU, 3 fewer than the day before; The occupancy rate of ICU wards was 4.0%.
By age, there are 11 (-1) elderly people in their 70s or above, 3 people in their 60s (=), and 0 middle-aged people aged 40 to 59 (-2); The numbers in parentheses are comparisons between today and yesterday.
According to the disease, there were 4 people (-2) under ICU oxygen infusion observation and 10 people who were critically ill intubated.
Of the 4 people observed in the ICU for oxygen delivery, 2 were not vaccinated/did not complete the full vaccination, 2 had completed the full vaccination, and 1 of them had been vaccinated with a booster.
Of the 10 people who were critically intubated, 1 was not vaccinated/did not complete the full vaccination, and 9 had completed the full vaccination and had all been vaccinated with boosters.
99.7% were asymptomatic/mild
In the past 28 days, there have been a cumulative total of 214,769 confirmed cases in Singapore, of which 99.7% are asymptomatic/mild, 0.2% have needed/are in need of ordinary oxygen transfusion, 0.03% have been/are still in the ICU for severe illness, and 0.02% have died.
Under the National Vaccination Programme, 93 per cent of the population has been fully vaccinated and 78 per cent of those who have been vaccinated with booster vaccinations. People over the age of 50 have been offered a free second dose of mRNA booster.
Yesterday's vaccinations for patients at all levels were as follows:
The community positivity rate is approaching 28%
The actual proportion is certainly higher
Among the new confirmed cases yesterday, 807 (9%) tested positive for PCR and 8346 (91%) tested positive for ART antigen.
Singapore does not do nucleic acid testing for all employees, but lets people do antigen ART self-testing on their own. Although less sensitive than nucleic acids, antigen detection is fast, low cost, and avoids the risk of collective testing, making it particularly suitable for use in cities where outbreaks have already occurred.
In addition to Singapore, many countries have also adopted this model. Some countries do neither FULL PCR nucleic acid testing nor ART antigen self-testing, such as Russia and North Korea. China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region originally also identified positive ART as a confirmed diagnosis, but later believed that the proportion of "false positives" was high, resulting in a false high number of confirmed data, so it was no longer confirmed by positive ART, but must be verified by PCR to be confirmed.
According to the data of the Ministry of Health, the Positive Rate in Singapore is 27.98%, in other words, 2798 people are diagnosed per 10,000 people.
The Ministry of Health has repeatedly pointed out that considering that many ART antigen self-tests are not reported, the number of infections is actually higher, and the overall positive rate is definitely higher. Some experts have judged that the overall positive rate may have reached 70% or 80%.
The higher the positive rate and the closer it is to herd immunity, the virus will still spread, but the rate will slow down, severe illness and death will decrease. The authorities formulate policies that do not consider the number of infections, but severe illness and death, and open up as wide a range as possible as soon as possible without the risk of a run on medical resources.
The number of ordinary oxygen patients dropped to 81
The number of ordinary hospitalized patients increased to 694
There were 81 people with common oxygen transfusion disease, 17 fewer than the previous day.
Of the 81 people who received regular oxygen, 17 were not vaccinated/did not complete the full vaccination, 64 people had completed the full vaccination, of which 58 had been vaccinated with boosters.
Ordinary oxygen patients use ordinary isolation wards and masked ventilators, which are noninvasive, do not need to establish artificial airways, and do not have intubation.
There were 694 ordinary patients in the isolation ward, an increase of 38 over the previous day.
Of the 694 people with general hospitalized patients, 121 were unvaccinated/incomplete, 573 had been fully vaccinated, and 509 of them had been vaccinated.
0.8% of Delta infected patients need oxygen, and less than 0.3% of Omikeron infected patients need oxygen.
Overseas imports increased by 309 yesterday
In the past two weeks, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in the world has soared by 30%, and a new wave of infections has emerged in many parts of Europe, The United States and Southeast Asia.
Under the influence of a new wave of outbreaks in many parts of the world, there were 309 new imported cases outside Singapore, with a total of 53,408 cases.
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