SINGAPORE, 10 Nov (CNA)- Singapore reported 3,481 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Wednesday (Nov 10) as 17 more people died from complications due to the coronavirus.

The fatalities were aged between 65 and 101. All of them had various underlying medical conditions. The Ministry of Health (MOH) did not specify what these conditions were.

This brings Singapore’s death toll to 540.

The number of new cases reported on Wednesday is up from the 3,397 infections reported on Tuesday.

The weekly infection growth rate was 0.88 as of Wednesday, higher than the 0.82 reported on Tuesday. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.

This was the eighth consecutive day the weekly infection growth rate has remained below 1.

Of the new cases reported on Wednesday, 3,473 infections were locally transmitted, comprising 3,244 in the community and 229 in migrant workers' dormitories.

There were eight imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 11.25pm.

As of Wednesday, Singapore has reported 227,681 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.