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Health officials confirmed eight COVID-19 fatalities on Sunday, raising the country’s COVID-19 death toll to 16,339.
This is the first time less than 10 COVID-19 deaths have been confirmed in a day since 17 January, when seven COVID-19 fatalities were confirmed.
According to the Department of Government Information, six COVID-19 fatalities confirmed on Sunday were over 60 years, one was between 30 and 59 years, and one was below 30 years.
Of the total COVID-19 deaths confirmed to date, 76.27% are from the over-60 age group, 22.42% are from the 30 to 59 age group, and 1.31% are from the under-30 age group.
Five COVID-19 fatalities confirmed on Sunday were male and three were female. A total of 9,210 fatalities confirmed to date are male and 7,129 are female.