1 new COVID-19 death reported in the West

A 34 year old woman from Nadi has passed away due to COVID-19.

She was not fully vaccinated as she did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.

There have now been 535 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji.

The Ministry of Health has also recorded 363 COVID-19 positive patients who died from serious medical conditions that they had before they contracted COVID-19.

Meanwhile, 143 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am today.

86 cases are from the Western Division, 55 cases are from the Central Division and 2 cases are from the Eastern Division.

Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr. James Fong says there are now 12,861 active cases. 1,605 active cases are in the Central Division, 10,956 active cases in the Western Division, 5 active cases in the Northern Division and 295 active cases are in the Eastern Division (all in Kadavu).

There are currently 130 COVID-19 patients admitted in hospital. 18 patients are considered to be in severe condition, and 5 are in critical condition.

Dr. Fong adds 568,998 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 338,251 have received their second doses.

He says this means that 97% of the target population have received at least one dose and 57.7% are now fully vaccinated nationwide.