Singapore suffers fourth coronavirus-related death

A sign promoting good hygiene habits as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus is displayed in Chinatown in Singapore on April 1, 2020. (AFP)

• Latest death was a 68-year-old Indonesian who had a history of diabetes and hypertension

SINGAPORE: Singapore suffered its fourth coronavirus-related death on Thursday, a day after the city-state reported a record number of new cases that took the island-state’s total infections to 1000.
The health ministry said the latest death was a 68-year-old Indonesian who had a history of diabetes and hypertension. Singapore’s other deaths have also been elderly persons with underlying conditions.