Six new coronavirus infections were reported on Thursday, all quarantined arrivals from five countries, raising the total to 3,310.

The new cases were two from France and one each from Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary and Myanmar.

The two cases from France were a 59-year-old French consultant and his Chinese wife, 46.

The case from Germany was a 71-year-old Thai woman who arrived on Oct 31 who had a fever, muscle pains, diarrhea and lost her sense of smell.


The case from the Netherlands was a 53-year-old Dutch national.

The case from Hungary was a 42-year-old Hungarian who arrived on Tuesday.

The sixth case from Myanmar was a 27-year-old Myanmar cross-border truck driver.

Of the total 3,810 cases, 3,623 (94.8%) had recovered, including 11 discharged over the past 24 hours, and 128 others were in hospitals, the CCSA said. The death toll remained unchanged at 59, said the centre.

Global Covid-19 cases soared by 571,314 over the previous 24 hours to 48.42 million while the death toll rose by 9,067 to 1.23 million.