SINGAPORE, 07 Feb (CNA)- Singapore reported 7,806 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Monday (Feb 7), comprising 7,629 local and 177 imported infections.

There were 3 fatalities, according to the latest infection statistics on the Ministry of Health (MOH) website. This takes the death toll from coronavirus complications to 874.

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 Monday, 5,310 are Protocol 2 infections, comprising 22 imported cases and 5,288 local ones.

Another 2,496 cases were confirmed via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests - 155 of them imported and 2,341 local infections.

As of Monday, Singapore has recorded 405,629 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.