15 new COVID-19 deaths and 644 new cases

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has announced 15 new COVID-19 deaths from August 9th to 12th and 644 new COVID cases.

One death is reported from the Central Division and fourteen deaths are from the Western Division.

The first COVID-19 death is a 67 year old man from Tailevu. He presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress. He died one day after admission on 11th August. He received the first dose of the vaccine in late-July. He did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.

The second death is a 49 year old woman from Lautoka. She presented to the Lautoka Hospital in severe respiratory distress. She died five days after admission on 11th August. She received the first dose of the vaccine in early-April. She did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.

The third COVID-19 death is a 60 year old man from Lautoka. He was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Lautoka Hospital on 9th August. He received his first dose of the vaccine in early July. He did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.

The fourth death is an 81 year old woman from Lautoka. She was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Lautoka Hospital on 10th August. She received the first dose of the vaccine in late July. She did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.

Doctor Fong says the fifth death is a 69 year old man from Lautoka. He was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Lautoka Hospital on 10th August. He was not vaccinated.

The sixth death is a 65 year old woman from Ba. She presented to the Ba Mission Hospital in severe respiratory distress. She died on the same day on 9th August. She was not vaccinated.

The seventh COVID-19 death is an 85 year old woman from Nadi. She was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Nadi Hospital on 11th August. She was not vaccinated.

The eighth death is a 60 year old man from Tavua. He presented to the Tavua Hospital in severe respiratory distress. He died on the same day on 12th August. He was not vaccinated.

The ninth death is an 80 year old man from Rakiraki. He was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Rakiraki Hospital on 10th August. He was not vaccinated.

Doctor Fong says the tenth death is a 56 year old woman from Sigatoka. She was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Sigatoka Hospital on 9th August. She was not vaccinated.

The eleventh COVID-19 death is a 58 year old man from Sigatoka. He was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Sigatoka Hospital on 10th August. He was not vaccinated.

The twelfth death is a 69 year old woman from Nadi. She presented to the Nadi Hospital in severe respiratory distress. She died on the same day on 12th August. She received the first dose of the vaccine in early June. She did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.

The thirteenth death is a 61 year old woman from Nadi. She presented to the Lautoka Hospital in severe respiratory distress. She died one day after admission on 12th August. She received one dose of the vaccine in late July. She did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.

Doctor Fong says the fourteenth death is a 56 year old woman from Rakiraki. She presented to the Rakiraki Hospital in severe respiratory distress. She was transferred by a medical team from the Rakiraki Hospital to the Lautoka Hospital. She died on the same day on 12th August. She received the first dose in late July. She did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.

The fifteenth death is a 51 year old woman from Ba. She was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Ba Mission Hospital on the 10th August. She received the first dose of the vaccine in early June. She did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.

There have been 7 more deaths of COVID-19 positive patients.

However, these 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 360 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 358 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.

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

The 7 day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths per day in the Central Division is 4 deaths and the Western Division is 3 deaths.

We also have recorded 192 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.

To date no one in Fiji has died due to COVID-19 after they have been fully-vaccinated.

A fully vaccinated person has had 2 doses of the vaccine and at least two weeks have passed after the second dose.

If a person becomes infected with the virus within those 2 weeks after the final dose, they will likely not have the full protective effect of the vaccine.

Of the 644 new cases, 87 cases are from the Western Division and 557 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

There have been 322 new recoveries reported since the last update, which means that there are now 24,281 active cases.

18,210 active cases are in the Central Division and 6071 active cases in the Western Division.

There have been 39,386 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.

Fiji has recorded a total of 39,456 cases since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 14,623 recoveries.

58 COVID patients are considered to be in severe condition and 9 are in critical condition

90.6% of the target population in Fiji have received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine and 35.2% are now fully vaccinated