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Singapore Now Has Most Coronavirus Cases in Southeast Asia

The Toh Guan Dormitory, a purpose-built migrant workers dormitory that has been designated as an isolation area on April 19.Photographer: Ore Huiying/Getty Images

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By Faris Mokhtar

April 19, 2020 at 7:44 AM UTC

Updated on

April 19, 2020 at 1:55 PM UTC

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Singapore overtook Indonesia in coronavirus infections and now has the most cases in Southeast Asia after the city-state detected hundreds more victims among low-wage foreign workers.