SINGAPORE, 12 Nov (CNA)- Singapore reported 3,099 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Friday (Nov 12) as 14 more people died from complications due to the coronavirus.

The fatalities were aged between 35 and 102. All of them, except for an unvaccinated case, had various underlying medical conditions. The 35-year-old was not vaccinated and had multiple comorbidities, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.

This brings Singapore’s death toll to 562.

The number of new cases reported on Friday is up from the 2,396 infections reported on Thursday.

The weekly infection growth rate was 1.04 as of Friday, higher than the 0.87 reported on Thursday. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.

The last time the weekly infection growth rate was above 1 was on Nov 2.

"The week-on-week ratio has increased due to the relatively low number of cases during the Deepavali public holiday last week," said MOH.

Of the new cases reported on Friday, 3,093 infections were locally transmitted, comprising 2,965 cases in the community and 128 infections in migrant workers' dormitories.

There were six imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 11.40pm.

As of Friday, Singapore has reported 233,176 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.