There are no Malaysians linked to Covid-19 infections involving dormitories for foreign workers in Singapore, which formed the largest cluster of new cases in the island state as of yesterday.

However, two Malaysians are linked to the Mustafa Centre department store cluster, which has 57 confirmed cases till date, according to Bernama.

Both are currently warded at Changi General Hospital and the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, respectively, according to Singapore's Health Ministry.

Singapore has experienced a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases traced to the dormitories while the spread among the local population is more stable.

So far, there are nine affected dormitories of which five have been gazetted as isolation areas.

Yesterday, Singapore recorded 287 new cases, of which 202 cases were linked to the dormitory clusters.

Singapore currently has 43 dormitories which house about 200,000 people, mostly guest workers, mainly from China, India and Bangladesh.

To date, there have been 466 positive cases linked to nine of the 43 dormitories.

Most Malaysian workers prefer to commute daily from Johor Bahru instead of staying in the republic.

The Singapore government has been separating those that are infected or suspect cases from those that are healthy.

As of Thursday, about 5,000 healthy workers in essential services have been housed separately from the dormitories at several places.

Floating hotels, Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) military camps, the Changi Exhibition Centre and vacant Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats have been identified as temporary accommodation.