SINGAPORE, 22 Dec(CNA)- Singapore reported 335 new COVID-19 cases and one fatality as of noon on Wednesday (Dec 22).

This takes the country's death toll from coronavirus complications to 818 deaths.

Wednesday's case count is up from the 280 infections reported on Tuesday.

There are also 76 imported cases, the highest number of new imported infections reported in Singapore since the start of the pandemic.

MOH did not provide further details on the latest imported cases on its website.

The weekly infection growth rate is 0.54, down from Tuesday's 0.56. 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.

As of Wednesday, Singapore has recorded 276,720 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.