SINGAPORE, 11 Nov (CNA)- Singapore reported 2,396 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Thursday (Nov 11) as eight more people died from complications due to the coronavirus.

The fatalities were aged between 74 and 100. 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 548.

The number of new cases reported on Thursday is down from the 3,481 infections reported on Wednesday.

The weekly infection growth rate was 0.87 as of Thursday, a slight dip from the 0.88 reported on Wednesday. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.

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

Of the new cases reported on Thursday, 2,379 infections were locally transmitted, comprising 2,243 cases in the community and 136 infections in migrant workers' dormitories.

There were 17 imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 10.55pm.

As of Wednesday, Singapore has reported 230,077 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.