Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has confirmed 13 new COVID-19 deaths from 29th July to 1st August and 1100 new COVID cases.
7 of the deaths were in the Central Division and 6 were in the West.
Doctor Fong says the first COVID-19 death is a 79 year old man from Rewa who died at home on 1st August. He received the 1st dose of the vaccine in mid-July. He did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.
The second death is a 48 year old man from Nepani. He presented to the CWM Hospital emergency department in severe respiratory distress. His condition worsened at the hospital and he died on the same day on 31st July. He received the 1st dose of the vaccine in early June. He did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.
The third COVID-19 death is a 67 year old man from Lami who died at home on 31st July. He was not vaccinated.
The fourth death is a 69 year old man from Suva who died at home on 30th July. He was not vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says the fifth death is a 44 year old woman from Lami. She presented to a medical facility in severe respiratory distress. A medical team retrieved her from the medical facility and brought her to the CWM Hospital. Her condition worsened in the hospital and she died 2 days after admission on 30th July. She was not vaccinated.
The sixth death is a 55 year old woman from Lautoka. She presented to the Lautoka Hospital in severe respiratory distress. Her condition worsened in the hospital and she died 6 days after admission on 1st August. She was not vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says the seventh death is a 39 year old woman from Lautoka. She presented to the Lautoka Hospital in severe respiratory distress. Her condition worsened in the hospital and she died 8 days after admission on 1st August. She was not vaccinated.
The eighth COVID-19 death is a 53-year-old woman from Nadi. She presented to the Nadi Hospital in severe respiratory distress. Her condition worsened in the hospital and she died 1 day after admission on 1st August. She was not vaccinated.
The ninth death is a 55-year-old woman from Lautoka. She presented to the Lautoka Hospital in severe respiratory distress. Her condition worsened in the hospital and she died 2 days after admission on 1st August. She was not vaccinated.
The tenth COVID-19 death is an 81-year-old woman from Sigatoka. She presented to the Sigatoka Hospital in severe respiratory distress. Her condition worsened in the hospital and she died 3 days after admission on 31st July. She was not vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says the eleventh death is a 90-year-old man from Sigatoka who died at home on 29th July. He was not vaccinated.
The twelfth COVID-19 death is a 77-year-old woman from Tamavua. She presented to the FEMAT Field Hospital in severe respiratory distress. A medical team retrieved her from the field hospital and brought her to the CWM Hospital. Her condition worsened in the hospital and she died 12 days after admission on 29th July. She was not vaccinated.
The thirteenth death is an 87-year-old woman from Nakasi. She presented to a medical facility in severe respiratory distress. A medical team retrieved her from the medical facility and brought her to the CWM Hospital. Her condition worsened in the hospital and she died 14 days after admission on 2nd August. She was not vaccinated.
There have been 6 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 serious pre-existing medical conditions and not COVID-19.
With today’s newly reported deaths, there have now been 254 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 252 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.
The 7 day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths per day is 7.
Fiji has also recorded 136 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 1100 new cases of COVID-19 for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am today, 386 cases are from the Western Division and 714 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 589 new recoveries reported since the last update, which means that there are now 22,592 active cases.
18,887 active cases are in the Central Division and 3,705 in the West.
There have been 31,443 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.
Fiji has recorded a total of 31,513 cases since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 8,531 recoveries.
The 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases per day is a worrying 1013 cases per day or 1145 cases per million population per day, and the Western Division is now seeing an increasing number of severe cases and deaths.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says daily case numbers remain high, and daily test positivity remains high, indicating ongoing widespread community transmission in the Suva-Nausori containment zone.
He says cases are also increasing in the West with evidence of community transmission in that division.
Doctor Fong says they are recording increasing number of people with severe disease, and deaths in the West.
The Northern and Eastern Divisions currently have no active cases.
There are currently 302 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital.
23 patients are admitted at Lautoka Hospital.
In Suva, 80 patients are admitted at the FEMAT Field Hospital, and 199 admitted at CWM Hospital, St Giles, and Makoi.
50 patients are considered to be in severe condition, and 13 are in critical condition.
A total of 277,016 samples have been tested since this outbreak started in April 2021, with 319,877 tested since testing began in March 2020.
Based on available data the national 7-day daily test average is 3296 tests per day or 3.7 tests per 1,000 population.
The national 7-day average daily test positivity is 31.8 percent.
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