Sunday breaks a six-day streak of over 3,000 new daily cases reported in the city-state.
"The fall in the number of cases today is likely due to fewer swabs being done over the weekend at public health preparedness clinics and polyclinics, and is not indicative that the epidemic curve is bending," said the MOH.
Sunday also marks the 21st day in a row with fatalities from the virus reported here. Singapore's 154th through 162nd COVID-19 fatalities were all Singaporeans: eight men and one woman aged between 70 and 88.
Among Sunday's nine fatalities, four had been unvaccinated against COVID-19, three had been partially vaccinated and two had been fully vaccinated. All of them had various underlying medical conditions.