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Bangkok (People's Daily) - Singapore reported 198 new coronavirus cases on Friday, bringing the total number of infections to 2,108, and death toll remains at seven, said the Ministry of Health of Singapore.

Of the new cases, 79 were linked to clusters at foreign worker dormitories and 48 were linked to non-dormitory clusters or other cases. The remaining 71 cases are currently unlinked, pending contact tracing. There were no reported cases from people recently returning from other countries. 

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday said that Singapore will do its best to take care of the needs of foreign workers here amid the COVID-19 outbreak.