SINGAPORE, 14 Jan (CNA)- Singapore reported 945 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Friday (Jan 14), including 363 imported infections.

There was one fatality, taking the country's death toll from coronavirus complications to 840.

Friday’s case count was down from the 960 infections reported on Thursday.

Among the new cases, 582 were locally transmitted. The Health Ministry did not provide a breakdown of the number of cases in the community and in migrant workers' dormitories.

A total of 832 new Omicron infections were confirmed on Friday, comprising 289 imported cases and 543 local cases. This is presented as a separate set of data from the daily COVID-19 cases.

As of Friday, Singapore has recorded 290,030 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.