SINGAPORE, 11 Jan (CNA)- Singapore reported 846 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Tuesday (Jan 11), including 400 imported infections.

There were no fatalities, keeping the death toll from coronavirus complications at 838
Tuesday's case count is up from the 750 reported on Monday.

Among the new cases, 446 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 438 new Omicron infections were confirmed on Tuesday, comprising 279 imported cases and 159 local cases. This is presented as a separate set of data from the daily COVID-19 cases.

The weekly infection growth rate on Tuesday is 1.71, down from Monday's 1.83. A figure above 1 means that the number of new weekly cases is rising.

As of Tuesday, Singapore has recorded 287,243 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.