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There were a total of 965 new Covid-19 patients admitted to hospitals and 32 to intensive care units (ICUs) in Singapore over the past week, representing the number of new weekly hospitalizations and intensive care admissions in 2023.
There were 763 hospitalizations and 23 instances of extensive care in the last week, according to information published in the Ministry of Health on Thursday, December 21.
The data also shows that most of those hospitalized are 60 or older.
In the penultimate week, there were 460 hospitalizations and nine ICU admissions.
The estimated number of Covid-19 infections for the week of December 10-16 is the highest of 2023, with 58,300 cases.
Last week, 56,043 cases.
Data from the Ministry of Health also showed that the average number of hospitalized cases recorded is the highest of the year, reaching 560 cases.
This represents an increase from last week’s 350 cases and last week’s 225.
The average number of cases in intensive care is thirteen cases.
There were nine the previous week and four two weeks ago.
However, the seven-day moving average estimated daily number of cases has been decreasing, from 7,730 on Dec. 17 to 6,820 on Dec. 18, and then 6,530 on Dec. 19.
“Healthcare utilisation indicators such as hospitalised and ICU cases typically lag behind the estimated weekly number of infections,” MOH said on its website, noting that this was due to “the time taken for symptoms to develop in Covid-19 patients”.
A week before this new record, MOH strongly urged the public to wear a mask in crowded places.
The Ministry of Health also said it would provide updates on Covid-19 cases on its online page from Dec. 19.
Most Covid-19 patients are inflamed with JN. 1, a sublineage of the Omicron BA. 2. 86 subvariant of the coronavirus.
The Health Ministry said a week ago that there is no clear indication that BA. 2. 86 or JN. 1 is more transmissible or causes more severe illness than other circulating variants.
Top photo via MOH