This article presents official statistics gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore.
The Ministry of Health of Singapore has been publishing official numbers on a daily basis since the first confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 virus on 23 January 2020. [1] [2] [3] [4] In their situation reports, the cases are broken down into several categories: imported cases, non-imported community cases, non-imported dormitory cases. [5] [6] Prior to 16 April 2020, MOH had released the data only at the end of the day. However upon discovery of a civil servant leaking information before the official release of data, since 17 April 2020, MOH has been providing a preliminary update of summarised figures at around noon of each day with the details released at the end of the day. [7]
Singapore adheres strictly to World Health Organization's case definition for classifying COVID-19 deaths, which does not include non-pneumonia fatalities like those caused by blood or heart issues among COVID-19 patients in its official tally. [8] This was exemplified in three cases which the cause of death was recorded as either ischaemic heart disease or heart attack, [9] and a suicide committed by an Indian migrant worker who was tested positive for the virus. [10] [11]
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Month | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
February 2020 | Count | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Ref. | [12] | [13] | [14] | [15] | [16] | [17] | [18] | [19] | [20] | [21] | [22] | [23] | [24] | [25] | [26] | [27] | [28] | [29] | ||||||||||||||
March 2020 | Count | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 41 | 44 | 42 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 79 | 93 |
Ref. | [30] | [31] | [32] | [33] | [34] | [35] | [36] | [37] | [38] | [39] | [40] | [41] | [42] | [43] | [44] | [45] | [46] | [47] | [48] | [49] | [50] | [51] | [52] | [53] | [54] | [55] | [56] | [57] | [58] | [59] | [60] | |
April 2020 | Count | 115 | 118 | 127 | 145 | 179 | 177 | 193 | 236 | 375 | 426 | 515 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ref. | [61] | [62] | [63] | [64] | [65] | [66] | [67] | [68] | [69] | [70] | [71] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The linear plot shows the total number of cases as a function of time (by date) since 23 January 2020, the date of the first reported case in Singapore, while the graph plotted on a logarithmic scale, or a semi-log plot, shows an exponential growth in the number of cases as a straight line on the graph. In the logarithmic scale plot, the slope of the straight line determines the rate of growth of the number of cases, with a steeper slope representing a higher growth rate. The third and fourth plot shows the number of daily new cases and total active cases respectively as reported.
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Cases per day
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Active cases
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Recoveries per day
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Deaths per day
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The linear plot shows the total number of tests performed as a function of time (by date) from 7 April 2020, the date of the first testing data given in Singapore.
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