Under MOH's new approach of presenting infection numbers, the daily case count includes the number of Protocol 2 cases – those who are well or assessed to have a mild condition.
Among the cases reported on Wednesday, 2,996 are Protocol 2 infections, comprising 13 imported cases and 2,983 local ones.
Another 1,836 cases were confirmed via PCR tests – 259 of them imported and 1,577 local infections.
As of Wednesday, Singapore has recorded 327,602 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. The figure is backdated to Jan 6 when general practitioners started to order Protocol 2.
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