SINGAPORE, 10 Feb (CNA)- Singapore reported 10,686 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Thursday (Feb 10), comprising 10,542 local and 144 imported infections.

There was also one fatality, according to the latest infection statistics on the Ministry of Health (MOH) website. This takes the death toll from coronavirus complications to 882.

This is the third day in a row that daily cases have come in above the 10,000 mark. There were 10,314 new infections reported on Wednesday.

The weekly infection growth rate is 2.26, up from Wednesday's 2.0.

Under MOH's new approach of presenting infection numbers, the daily case count includes the number of Protocol 2 cases - those who are well or assessed to have a mild condition.

Among the cases reported on Thursday, 8,013 are Protocol 2 infections, comprising 49 imported cases and 7,964 local ones.

Another 2,673 cases were confirmed via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests - 95 of them imported and 2,578 local infections.