There are 11 new COVID-19 deaths from August 13th to August 15th.
Five deaths are from the Central Division and 6 deaths are from the Western Division.
The first COVID-19 death is an 85-year-old man from Naitasiri who died at home on 13th August. He was not vaccinated.
The second COVID-19 death is an 83-year-old woman from Naitasiri who died at home on 13th August. She was not vaccinated.
The third COVID-19 death is an 82-year-old man from Sigatoka. He was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Sigatoka Hospital.
This means that he died on his way to the hospital or at home on 15th August. He was not vaccinated.
The fourth COVID-19 death is a 68-year-old man from Suva.
He presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress and died one day after admission on 15th August. He was not vaccinated.
The fifth COVID-19 death is a 57-year-old woman from Tailevu who died at home on 15th August. She was not vaccinated.
The sixth COVID-19 death s a 68-year-old woman from Tailevu who died at home on 15th August.
She received the 1st dose of the vaccine in early July. She did not receive the second dose of the vaccine. This means that she was not fully vaccinated.
The seventh COVID-19 death is a 79-year-old man from Rakiraki who died at home on 15th August. He was not vaccinated.
The eighth COVID-19 death is a 72-year-old woman from Tavua.
She presented to the Tavua Sub-Divisional Hospital on Sunday 15th August with a fever, cough and shortness of breath.
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says sadly, this woman died a few hours later in the early hours of Monday 16th August.
He says the woman received the first dose of the vaccine in early June and she received the second dose of the vaccine on 5th August.
Doctor Fong says this woman got sick with COVID-19 less than 2 weeks after receiving the second dose therefore she was not fully vaccinated when she got infected with the virus.
A person must have two doses of the vaccine and wait at least two weeks after the second dose to be considered fully vaccinated and to get the full protective effect of the vaccine.
The ninth COVID-19 death is a 72-year-old man from Tavua. He presented to the Tavua Hospital in severe respiratory distress. He died on the same day on 14th August. He was not vaccinated.
The tenth COVID-19 death is an 86 year old man from Tavua. He presented to the Tavua Hospital in severe respiratory distress. He died on the same day on 13th August and was not vaccinated.
The eleventh COVID-19 death is an 88-year-old man from Lautoka who died at home on the same day on 15th August. He received the first dose of the vaccine in late July. He did not receive the second dose of the vaccine. This means that he was not fully vaccinated.
With these newly reported deaths, there have now been 405 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji.
403 of these deaths have been recorded during the outbreak that started in April this year.
The national 7 day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths per day is 9.
The 7 day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths in the Central Division is 4 and in the Western Division is 5.
Fiji has recorded 223 COVID-19 positive patients who died from the serious medical conditions that they had before they contracted COVID-19.
These are not classified as COVID-19 deaths.
590 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday.
420 cases are from the Western Division and 170 cases are from the Central Division.
A full breakdown of areas of interest is on the Health Ministry’s COVID-19 dashboard.
There have been 1,304 new recoveries reported since the last update, which means that there are now 21,754 active cases.
14,554 active cases are in the Central Division, 7,199 active cases in the Western Division and 1 active case in the Northern Division.
There have been 41,107 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.
Fiji has recorded 41,177 cases in Fiji since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 18,795 recoveries.
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says they are currently doing a mop-up exercise of the first dose campaign to target specific communities with low vaccination coverage.
Doctor Fong says this will also correct and update the total eligible population for the current vaccination program.
As of 16th August – 536,123 adults in Fiji have received the first dose of a vaccine and 216,012 have been fully vaccinated.
This means that 91.4% of the target population have received the first dose while 36.8% are now fully vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says there are currently 320 COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital.
115 patients are admitted to the Lautoka Hospital, 43 patients are admitted at the FE-MAT Field Hospital, and 162 were admitted at CWM Hospital, St Giles and Makoi.
39 patients are considered to be in severe condition and 13 are in critical condition.
A total of 309,940 samples have been tested since this outbreak started in April 2021, with 352,801 tested since testing began in March 2020.
The 7-day daily test average is 1507 tests per day or 1.7 tests per 1,000 population.
The national 7-day average daily test positivity is 32.8%.
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