Four COVID-19 patients have died in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 226.
They were:
- A 96-year-old woman who was diagnosed on December 17 and died at the Good Samaritan Long-term Care Facility;
- A 71-year-old woman diagnosed on January 1, who died at Mater Dei Hospital;
- An 83-year-old man diagnosed on December 26 who died at Mater Dei;
- An 85-year-old woman diagnosed on December 26, who died at Mater Dei.
The ministry expressed its condolences and urged everyone to observe virus precautions.