Health officials on Monday confirmed 136 fatalities, raising the country’s death toll to 11,567.

76 deaths confirmed on Monday were male and 60 deaths were female. A total of 6,496 fatalities are male and 5,071 fatalities are female.

The Epidemiology Unit states that 76.44% of the total fatalities are over the age of 60, 22.41% are in the 30 to 59 age group, and 1.15% are below the age of 30.

The COVID-19 deaths confirmed on Monday include 106 persons over the age of 60, 28 persons aged between 30 and 59, and two persons below the age of 30.

Total COVID-19 detections exceed 490,000 with 2,475 new cases

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Over 50% of total population given both COVID-19 vaccine doses