Singapore witnesses 'unusual surge' in COVID-19 infections, records 10 new deaths

Singapore also recorded 10 new deaths from the disease on Wednesday, taking the toll to 349.

SINGAPORE: Singapore`s health ministry said it is looking into an "unusual surge" in infections after the city-state reported 5,324 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the most since the beginning of the pandemic.

Singapore also recorded 10 new deaths from the disease on Wednesday, taking the toll to 349.

"The infection numbers are unusually high today, mostly due to many COVID-positive cases detected by the testing laboratories within a few hours in the afternoon," the ministry of health (MOH) said in a statement on Wednesday night.