SINGAPORE, 09 Nov (CNA)- Singapore reported 3,397 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Tuesday (Nov 9) and 12 more people died from complications due to the coronavirus.

The fatalities were aged between 58 and 95. All of them, except for an unvaccinated individual, had various underlying medical conditions. The Ministry of Health (MOH) did not specify what these conditions were.

This brings Singapore’s death toll to 523.

The number of new cases reported on Tuesday is up from the 2,470 infections reported on Monday.

The weekly infection growth rate was 0.82 as of Tuesday, lower than the 0.84 reported on Monday. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.

This was the seventh consecutive day the weekly infection growth rate has remained below 1.

Of the new cases reported on Tuesday, 3,391 infections were locally transmitted, comprising 3,222 in the community and 169 in migrant workers' dormitories.

There were six imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 11.15pm.

As of Tuesday, Singapore has reported 224,200 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.