Bangkok (People's Daily) - Singapore reported 191 new coronavirus cases and one death on Saturday, bringing the total number of infections to 2,299 and deaths to eight, said the Ministry of Health of Singapore.

Medical staff wearing Personal protective equipment (PPE) wait for patients to be transferred to a temporary hospital as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, in Singapore on April 10, 2020. (Photo: AFP)

Most of these new cases were linked to clusters at foreign worker dormitories, and 119 cases are currently unlinked, pending contact tracing. There were no reported imported cases. 

A 90-year-old Singaporean man died from complications due to COVID-19 infection on Saturday morning. 

Thirty-five more cases have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 528 have fully recovered. Thirty-one are still in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

Singapore Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said on Saturday that it will be compulsory to wear masks on public transport to minimise transmission of the virus.