Singapore has reported its 34th death due to Covid-19, taking its toll from the pandemic beyond the 33 casualties recorded during the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak.

While the current pandemic death toll has exceeded Singapore's death toll from the SARS outbreak, the city-state still has one of the world's lowest Covid-19 fatality rates.

So far, Singapore has reported 62,219 Covid-19 infections since January last year, while it recorded 238 SARS cases between March and May 2003.

The 34th Covid-19 death in Singapore was an 86-year-old woman who had not been vaccinated against Covid-19 and had a history of comorbidities including diabetes and hypertension, Singapore's health ministry said.