Five new COVID-19 deaths have been reported for the period of 19th to 22nd August.
This has been confirmed by Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong.
One death was reported from the Central Division and 4 deaths were reported from the Western Division.
The first COVID-19 death to report is an 84 year old man from Nakasi who died at home on 19th August. He was not vaccinated.
The second COVID-19 death to report is a 61 year old woman from Tavua. She presented to the Tavua Hospital in severe respiratory distress. She reported to have shortness of breath two days prior to her presentation. She died 5 days after admission on 21 August. This woman received the first dose of the vaccine in mid-July. She did not receive the second dose of the vaccine. This means that she was not fully vaccinated.
A 56 year old woman from Lautoka is the third COVID-19 death. She presented to the Lautoka Hospital in severe respiratory distress. She reportedly had a cough and shortness of breath for two days prior to her presentation. She died 7 days after admission on 21 August. She was not vaccinated.
The fourth COVID-19 death to report is a 56 year old man from Ba. He presented to the Ba Mission Hospital in severe respiratory distress. He was reported to have a fever, cough and shortness of breath two days prior to his presentation. He died 1 day after admission on 22 August. He was not vaccinated.
The fifth COVID-19 death to report is a 50 year old man from Nadi. He presented to the Nadi Hospital in severe respiratory distress. He was transferred by a medical team from the Nadi Hospital to the Lautoka Hospital.
Sadly, he died 3 days after admission on 22nd August.
His family reported that he had a cough, shortness of breath and generalized weakness one week prior to his presentation. He received the first dose of the vaccine in late-May. He did not receive the second dose of the vaccine. This means that he was not fully vaccinated.
With today’s newly reported deaths, there have now been 438 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 436 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.
There have been 4 more deaths of COVID-19 positive patients.
These deaths have been classified as non-COVID deaths by their doctors.
Doctors have determined that their deaths were caused by serious pre-existing medical conditions and not COVID-19.
There are 303 new cases of COVID-19 in Fiji.
185 cases are from the Western Division, 33 cases are from the Central Division and 85 cases from the Eastern Division.
All new cases from the Eastern Division are in Kadavu.
A full breakdown of areas of interest will be published online tonight on the Health Ministry’s COVID-19 dashboard.
There have been 1,468 new recoveries reported since the last update.
This means there are now 19,097 active cases.
10,252 active cases are in the Central Division, 8,713 active cases in the Western Division, 1 active case in the Northern Division (Nabouwalu) and 131 active cases in the Eastern Division (all in Kadavu).
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says they are currently reviewing and reconciling their active case database with recoveries and as a result, they expect the recovery numbers to increase in the coming weeks.
There have been 43,527 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.
Fiji has recorded a total of 43,597 cases in Fiji since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 23,809 recoveries.
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