SINGAPORE, 15 Dec (CNA)- Singapore reported 474 new COVID-19 cases and three fatalities as of noon on Wednesday (Dec 15).

This takes the country's death toll from coronavirus complications to 807.

The weekly infection growth rate is 0.62, up from Tuesday's 0.60. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.

The growth rate has remained below 1 since Nov 13. A figure below 1 means that the number of new weekly COVID-19 cases is falling.

Wednesday's case count is up from the 442 infections reported on Tuesday.

A total of 452 cases reported on Wednesday are locally transmitted, comprising 442 in the community and 10 in migrant workers' dormitories.

The remaining 22 cases are imported, according to the latest infection statistics on the Ministry of Health's (MOH) website.

As of Wednesday, Singapore has recorded 274,617 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.