SINGAPORE, 29 Dec (CNA)- Singapore reported 341 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Wednesday (Dec 29), including 153 imported infections.

There was also one fatality, taking the country's death toll from coronavirus complications to 826.
Among the new cases reported on Wednesday, 188 were locally transmitted, comprising 182 in the community and six in migrant worker's dormitories.

Separately, MOH's website also showed that 170 new Omicron variant infections were confirmed on Wednesday, comprising 151 imported cases and 19 local cases.

The daily new COVID-19 cases and new confirmed Omicron cases are presented as two separate sets of data on MOH's website.
As of Wednesday, Singapore has recorded 278,750 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.