Covid-19 infections climb to highest number in Singapore in 2023

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COVID-19 infections and hospitalisations are increasing, putting a strain on hospitals here.

The Health Ministry, which raised the alert, has also reassured people that the numbers are not as high as during the pandemic, and that the circulating variants are not known to cause more severe illness.

In the week ending Dec 2, 32,035 people were diagnosed with Covid-19 – the highest number of infections recorded this year. The previous high was 28,410 infections a week in March.

The latest number is almost 10,000 more than the 22,094 diagnosed the previous week. The number of weekly infections has been hovering around 15,000 infections over the past two to three months.

The number of people being hospitalised and needing intensive care treatment has also gone up.

An MOH statement on Friday (Dec 8) said that the average daily Covid-19 hospitalisations rose to 225 from 136 the week before, and the average daily Intensive Care Unit (ICU) cases increased to four cases, compared with one case in the previous week.