Singapore reports 596 new coronavirus cases, mostly from dormitories used by foreigners

Singapore on Sunday reported 596 new coronavirus cases, a majority of them linked to packed dormitories that house foreign workers including several Indian nationals.

Around 300,000 low-wage workers, mostly from South Asia, work in Singapore in construction and maintenance.

Most of them live together in huge dormitory complexes on the outskirts of the city they've helped build.

Singapore's Health Ministry said 571 new coronavirus cases of 596 recorded on Sunday are foreign workers lodged in dormitories.

The vast majority are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories, the Ministry of Health said in a press release announcing the preliminary numbers.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has warned that more coronavirus cases could come up at packed dormitories.

While efforts have been made to break the chain of transmission in foreign worker dormitories, it will take some time to show results, Lee said on Saturday.

Sunday's confirmed cases takes Singapore's ...