Singapore reports new high of 142 new COVID-19 cases

A foreign worker (L) gets medical check near the Toh Guan Dormitory in Singapore on April 8, 2020. Singapore confirmed 142 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a new daily record, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its daily update. Of these, 140 are local cases and two are imported, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 1,623 since the first case was reported on Jan. 23. (Ministry of Manpower Singapore/Handout via Xinhua)