Singapore near or at peak of current Covid-19 wave, with cases expected to cross 12k: minister


The number of cases is expected to cross 12,000 on July 5 - about 10 per cent higher than the same time last week. - Reuters

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Singapore is near, if not already at, the peak of the current wave of Covid-19 infections, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Tuesday (July 5).

He told Parliament that the number of cases is expected to cross 12,000 on Tuesday - about 10 per cent higher than the same time last week.

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