A patient at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital who tested positive for COVID-19 while admitted, died on Sunday.

The Health Ministry has clarified that the death is not COVID-related and was due to serious medical illness.

This is the second COVID-19 patient to have died from non-COVID-related causes.

The death of the first patient, a 38-year-old woman was confirmed over the weekend.

She was already ill due to other serious medical conditions for which she had been admitted to the hospital.