94 more COVID-19 fatalities raise total death toll to 5,111

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The country’s COVID-19 fatalities rose to 5,111 with the confirmation of 94 more COVID-19 deaths on Saturday.

69 deaths confirmed on Saturday were male and 25 were female. Of the total fatalities, 2,969 are male and 2,142 are female.

The majority of the COVID-19 deaths are from the Over-60 age category, with 71 persons over the age of 60, 22 persons between ages 30 and 59, and one person below the age of 30 among the fatalities confirmed on Saturday.

The Epidemiology Unit states that 74.99% of the total fatalities are above age 60, 23.82% are between ages 30 and 59, and 1.2% are below age 30.

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