SINGAPORE, 12 Jan (CNA)- Singapore reported 882 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Wednesday (Jan 12), including 396 imported infections.

There was one fatality, taking the country's death toll from coronavirus complications to 839.

Wednesday's case count was up from the 846 infections reported on Tuesday.

Among the new cases, 486 are locally transmitted. The Health Ministry did not provide a breakdown of the number of cases in the community and in migrant workers' dormitories.

A total of 797 new Omicron infections were confirmed on Wednesday, comprising 284 imported cases and 513 local cases. This is presented as a separate set of data from the daily COVID-19 cases.

As of Wednesday, Singapore has recorded 288,125 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.