SINGAPORE, 06 Feb (CNA)- Singapore reported 7,752 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Sunday (Feb 6), comprising 7,639 local and 113 imported infections.

There were three fatalities, according to the latest infection statistics on the Ministry of Health (MOH) website. This takes the death toll from coronavirus complications to 871.

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 Sunday, 6,135 are Protocol 2 infections, comprising 14 imported cases and 6,121 local ones.

Another 1,617 cases were confirmed via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests - 99 of them imported and 1,518 local infections.

As of Sunday, Singapore has recorded 397,823 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.