SINGAPORE, 06 Jan (CNA)- Singapore reported 813 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Thursday (Jan 6), including 390 imported infections.

There was one fatality, taking the country's death toll from coronavirus complications to 835.

Thursday’s case count was up from the 805 reported on Wednesday.

Among the new cases reported on Thursday, 423 were locally transmitted, comprising 404 in the community and 19 in migrant worker's dormitories.

A total of 365 new Omicron infections were confirmed on Thursday, comprising 234 imported cases and 131 local cases.

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

The statistic - viewed by authorities as a key indicator in calibrating COVID-19 measures - refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.
As of Thursday, Singapore has recorded 283,214 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.