SINGAPORE, 02 Nov (CNA)- Singapore reported 3,496 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Tuesday (Nov 2) as nine more people died from complications due to the coronavirus.

The fatalities reported on Tuesday were aged between 53 and 93. All of them, except for two unvaccinated cases, had various underlying medical conditions. The Ministry of Health (MOH) did not specify what these conditions were.

This brings Singapore's death toll from the coronavirus to 430.

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

Of the new cases reported on Tuesday, 3,493 infections were locally transmitted, comprising 3,352 in the community and 141 in migrant workers' dormitories.

Three were imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 11.30pm.

The weekly infection growth rate was 1.09 as of Tuesday. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.

As of Tuesday, Singapore has reported a total of 204,340 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.