12 new COVID-19 deaths from 24th to 27th July and 1057 COVID cases

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has announced 12 new COVID-19 deaths from 24th to 27th July and 1057 COVID cases for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am today.

The first COVID-19 death is a 44-year-old woman from Drasa. She was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Lautoka Hospital emergency department on 24th July. She was not vaccinated.

The second COVID-19 death is a 73-year-old woman from Lovu. She was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Lautoka Hospital emergency department on 26th July. She was not vaccinated.

Doctor Fong says the third death is a 52-year-old woman from Lami who died at home on 27th July. She was not vaccinated.

The fourth COVID-19 death is a 61-year-old man from Raiwai who died at home on 27th July. He was not vaccinated.

The fifth COVID-19 death is a 69 year old man from Naitasiri who died at home on 26th July. He was not vaccinated.

Doctor Fong says the sixth death is a 75 year old man from Togalevu. He presented to a medical facility in severe respiratory distress. A medical team retrieved him from the medical facility to the CWM Hospital. His condition worsened at the hospital and he died 4 days after admission on 27th July. He received the 1st dose of the vaccine in early July.

The seventh death is an 83-year-old man from Nadawa. He presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress. His condition worsened at the hospital and he died 6 days after admission on 25th July. He received the 1st dose of the vaccine in early June. This means that he was not fully vaccinated.

The eighth death is a 74-year-old woman from Narere. She presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress. Her condition worsened at the hospital and she died 8 days after admission on 26th July. She was not vaccinated.

The ninth death is an 87-year-old man from Tacirua Village. He presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress. His condition worsened at the hospital and he died 8 days after admission today. He was not vaccinated.

The tenth death is a 61-year-old woman from Samabula. She presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress. Her condition worsened at the hospital and she died 8 days after admission on 27th July. She was not vaccinated.

The eleventh death is a 51-year-old man from Samabula. He presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress. His condition worsened at the hospital and he died 7 days after admission on 27th July. He received the 1st dose of the vaccine in early July. He did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.

The twelfth COVID-19 death is a 70-year-old woman from Tamavua. A medical team retrieved her from the home and brought her to CWM Hospital. She was noted to be in severe respiratory distress. Her condition worsened at the CWM hospital and she died 3 days after admission on 27th July. Her family reported that she had a cough and shortness of breath 2 days prior. She received the 1st dose of the vaccine in late May.

There have been 2 more deaths of COVID-19 positive patients. However, their deaths have been classified as non-COVID deaths by their doctors.

Doctors have determined that their deaths were caused by a serious pre-existing medical condition and not COVID-19.

There have now been 218 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 216 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.

The 7 day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths per day is 8.

Doctor Fong says they have recorded 104 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.

Of the 1057 new cases, 144 cases are from the Western Division and 913 cases are from the Central Division.

A full breakdown of areas of interest will be published online tonight on the Ministry’s COVID-19 dashboard.

You can check out the link on our website, fijivillage.

There have been 387 new recoveries reported since the last update, which means that there are now 19,168 active cases.

16,272 active cases are in the Central Division and 2,896 in the West.

All cases that were recorded in the Northern and Eastern Divisions (cases that were imported from Viti Levu) have recovered and there are no active cases currently in those divisions.

There have been 26,126 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.

Fiji has recorded a total of 26,196 cases since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 6,706 recoveries.

78% of the target population have received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine and 19% are now fully vaccinated

Fiji's 7-day average of new cases per day is 929 cases per million population per day.