SINGAPORE, 07 Jan (CNA)- Singapore reported 777 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Friday (Jan 7), including 396 imported infections.

There were two fatalities, taking the country's death toll from coronavirus complications to 837 Friday’s case count was down from the 813 reported on Thursday.

Among the new cases reported on Friday, 381 were locally transmitted, comprising 366 in the community and 15 in migrant worker's dormitories.

A total of 535 new Omicron infections were confirmed on Friday, comprising 284 imported cases and 251 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 weekly infection growth rate on Friday was 1.69, up from Thursday's 1.50. 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 Friday, Singapore has recorded 283,991 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.