Under MOH's current approach of presenting infection numbers, the daily case count includes Protocol 2 cases – those who are well or assessed to have a mild condition.
Among the cases reported on Friday, 7,729 are Protocol 2 infections, comprising 50 imported cases and 7,679 local ones.
Another 2,201 cases were confirmed via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests – 109 of them imported and 2,092 local infections.
As of Thursday, Singapore has recorded 449,570 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
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