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Singapore reports 4,297 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death
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 Thursday, 2,742 are Protocol 2 infections, comprising 12 imported cases and 2,730 local ones.
Another 1,555 cases were confirmed via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests – 198 of them imported and 1,357 local infections.
As of Thursday, Singapore has recorded 366,473 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
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