SINGAPORE, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Singapore reported 344 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total tally of the disease in the country to 279,405.
Of the new cases, 165 were in the community, seven were in migrant worker dormitories and 172 were imported cases, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health (MOH).
Among the new cases, 158 were confirmed to have contracted the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
A total of 266 cases are currently warded in hospitals, with 16 cases being critically ill and intubated in the intensive care unit (ICU). The current overall ICU utilization rate is 46.2 percent.
One death was reported on Friday, bringing the death toll to 828, the ministry said. Enditem
