Thirteen new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Singapore, taking the total number of people infected by the deadly virus in the city-state to 130.
The 13 new cases of COVID-19 were reported on Friday and is the highest daily jump since the outbreak of the deadly disease started emerging in the country this January.
The latest Health Ministry report brings the total number of new coronavirus cases to 130 since the first case was confirmed on January 23, reported Channel News Asia.
One of the latest cases is a Singapore Airlines' cabin crew and another is an employee of Sintel, the city-state's biggest multi-national telecom group.
In a briefing on Friday, the ministry's communicable diseases director Vernon Lee said, We are still doing investigations of the people who attended a dinner at SAFRA Jurong, a junior military officer mess club popular for functions among mid-classes.
Not all of the cases were at the dinner. Some were family members or had links, but they were not necessarily at the dinner, Lee said of the February 15 dinner at the SAFRA Jurong club.
"For those who were at the dinner, we are still investigating their exact positions," said Associate Professor Lee.
The Ministry's director of medical services Kenneth Mak added, "Our understanding is that people were seated at more than one table and there may have been movements that took place throughout the dinner."
"Those working on the same floor have been instructed to work from home for 14 days, closely monitor symptoms and practise strict social distancing while contact tracing is conducted in tandem with the Health Ministry."