Singapore, Oct 10 (TIWN) Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday said that he expected the daily Covid-19 cases to continue rising for some weeks and the country's healthcare system will still be under pressure.

“We can slow, but we cannot stop the Delta variant,” said Lee when delivering his message on updating the Covid-19 situation in Singapore.  He said that the surge of daily cases will level off and cases will start to decline at the timing that is unknown exactly right now, Xinhua news agency reported.  But from the experience of other countries, it will hopefully be within a month or so. 

The Prime Minister said that it has been a long campaign against Covid-19, adding: “The war continues, but we are in a much better position now, than a year or even six months ago.  “Sometimes it may not feel like it, but we are making steady progress towards the new normal.”  Singapore’s registered 3,590 new cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally in the country to 120,454, the Health Ministry said.  This is the fourth consecutive day when the daily new cases have surpassed 3,000.  The Ministry also said with six new fatalities, the death toll increased to 142.