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109 cases of COVID-19 in Fiji since March 19th 2020

109 cases of COVID-19 in Fiji since March 19th 2020

By Semi Turaga
27/04/2021
Health Ministry’s Head of Health Protection Doctor Aalisha Sahukhan

The Health Ministry’s Head of Health Protection Doctor Aalisha Sahukhan says Fiji has recorded 109 cases of COVID-19 since the first case on March 19th 2020.

She says there have been 65 recoveries and 2 deaths.

Doctor Sahukhan adds with the 42 active cases, 5 are older border quarantine cases announced before Sunday, 13 are recently announced border quarantine cases and 24 are locally transmitted cases.

She says 48,677 tests have been conducted for

Doctor Sahukhan revealed that there have been 777 tests per day in the last 7 days on average.

She says there were over 500 tests yesterday.

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