COVID-19: Confirmed Cases in Singapore (May 2020)

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This entry is a part of Wiki.sg's coverage on the evolving COVID-19 situation in Singapore. For more COVID-19 stories, click here. For details on the April cases in Singapore, click here.

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This entry is a summary of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Singapore in April 2020. It tracks the daily numbers, weekly tallies and deaths as per the Ministry of Health's updates. As of 3 May, there were 18,205 confirmed cases in Singapore. For recovery numbers and trends in Singapore, refer to COVID-19: Recovery Patterns in Singapore (2020).

Summary of cases

Weekly trends

April 2020 Recovered Cases Monthly Total
Week 1 (1 May - 7 May)
Week 2 (8 May - 14 May)
Week 3 (15 May - 21 May)
Week 4 (22 May - 31 May)

Daily numbers

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Recovered Cases Deaths Refs. Recovered Cases Deaths Refs. Recovered Cases Deaths Refs. Recovered Cases Deaths Refs.
1 May 932 2 [1] 8 May 15 May 22 May
2 May 447 - [2] 9 May 16 May 23 May
3 May 657 1 [3] 10 May 17 May 24 May
4 May 11 May 18 May 25 May
5 May 12 May 19 May 26 May
6 May 13 May 20 May 27 May
7 May 14 May 21 May 28 May
29 May
30 May
31 May
Total - Total - Total - Total -

Deaths (3)

Case 2728 was a 60-year-old male Singaporean who was admitted to NCID on 13 April. He had a medical history of hypertension and hyperlipidaemia and eventually passed away on 1 May due to complications arising from the infection.[4]
Case 1323 was a 76 year-old male Singaporean who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on 6 April. He had a medical history of cancer and passed away on 1 May due to complications arising from the infection.[5]
Case 14744 was an 86-year-old female Singaporean who had a medical history of diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia. She was diagnosed on 27 April and passed away due to complications from the virus on 3 May.[6]

References/ Citations

  1. "24 MORE CASES DISCHARGED, 932 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 INFECTION CONFIRMED". Ministry of Health. May 1, 2020. Accessed on 3 May 2020.
  2. "79 MORE CASES DISCHARGED, 447 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 INFECTION CONFIRMED". Ministry of Health. May 2, 2020. Accessed on 3 May 2020.
  3. "61 MORE CASES DISCHARGED, 657 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 INFECTION CONFIRMED". Ministry of Health. May 3, 2020. Accessed on 4 May 2020.
  4. 17 S’pore Patients We Lost To Covid-19 & The Miraculous Senior Who Beat The Odds”. MustShare News. May 3, 2020. Accessed on 4 May 2020.
  5. Singapore reports 17th Covid-19 death”. Today. May 3, 2020. Accessed on 4 May 2020.
  6. Singapore reports 657 new COVID-19 cases, one death; number of cases fluctuating due to backlog: MOH”. Channel News Asia. May 3, 2020. Accessed on 4 May 2020.