SINGAPORE, 02 Feb(CNA)- Singapore reported 3,101 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Wednesday (Feb 2), comprising 2,919 local and 182 imported infections.

There was one fatality, according to the latest infection statistics on the MOH website. This takes the death toll from coronavirus complications to 859.

Under MOH's new approach of presenting infection numbers, the daily case count includes the number of Protocol 2 cases - those who are well or assessed to have a mild condition.

Among the cases reported on Wednesday, 1,735 are Protocol 2 infections, comprising 10 imported cases and 1,725 local ones.

Another 1,366 cases were confirmed via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests - 172 of them imported and 1,194 local infections.

As of Wednesday, Singapore has recorded 362,176 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.