SINGAPORE, 31 Dec(CNA)- Singapore reported 344 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Friday (Dec 31), half of which - 172 - were imported infections.

There was also 1 fatality, taking the country's death toll from coronavirus complications to 828.

Among the new cases reported on Friday, 172 were locally transmitted, comprising 165 in the community and seven in migrant worker's dormitories.

Separately, MOH's website also showed that 158 new Omicron variant infections were confirmed on Friday, comprising 124 imported cases and 34 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 Friday, Singapore has recorded 279,405 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.