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Eleven deaths were reported to MOH, but COVID-19 infection was not indicated as the underlying cause of death in these notifications, as doctors report the cause of death based on available medical information at the point of reporting. These deaths were subsequently reported to the Registry with COVID-19 as the cause of death after further review by the doctors.

Eight deaths were not reported to MOH but were reported to the Registry. MOH said that it will remind doctors to report all COVID-19 deaths to the ministry.

One death was in the MOH COVID-19 count for 2021, and in the Registry’s count for 2022. This was due to differences in the date of reporting to MOH and the Registry because the death occurred on Dec 31, 2021. MOH said it will include the case in the 2022 count instead of the 2021 count.

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Overseas "Deaths will not be included as MOH’s count only includes deaths from COVID-19 diagnosed in Singapore,” said the Health Ministry.

“We expect to make annual adjustments to the COVID-19 death count in July, following the publication of the report on Registration of Births and Deaths.”

As of noon on Monday, Singapore has reported a total of 1,718,765 cases of COVID-19 with 1,502 fatalities.