SINGAPORE, 04 Jan (CNA)- Singapore reported 842 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Tuesday (Jan 4), including 502 imported infections.

There were three fatalities, and the death toll from coronavirus complications taking the country's death toll from coronavirus complications to 832.

Among the new cases reported on Tuesday, 340 were locally transmitted, comprising 334 in the community and six in migrant worker's dormitories.
A total of 438 new Omicron infections were confirmed on Tuesday, comprising 347 imported cases and 91 local cases.

The daily COVID-19 cases and new confirmed Omicron cases are presented as two separate sets of data on MOH's website.

A rate of more than 1 means that the number of new weekly cases is rising.

As of Tuesday, Singapore has recorded 281,596 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.