12 of the 18 new COVID-19 deaths from 4th to 9th August are from the Western Division and 6 deaths have been reported from the Central Division.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the first COVID-19 death is an 83-year-old man from Lautoka. He presented to the Lautoka Hospital in severe respiratory distress. He died four days after admission to the hospital on 6th August. He was not vaccinated.
The second death is a 79 year old woman from Sigatoka. She was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Sigatoka Sub-Divisional Hospital on 6th August. She was not vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says the third COVID-19 death is an 86 year old man from Sigatoka. He was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Sigatoka Sub-Divisional Hospital on 5th August. He was not vaccinated.
The fourth COVID-19 death is a 70 year old man from Nadi. He presented to a medical facility in severe respiratory distress. His condition worsened in the medical facility and he died on the same day on 7th August. He was not vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says the fifth COVID-19 death is a 75 year old man from Lautoka. He was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Lautoka Hospital on 6th August. He was not vaccinated.
The sixth COVID-19 death is an 83 year old woman from Lautoka. She was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Lautoka Hospital on 6th August. She was not vaccinated.
The seventh death is an 80 year old man from Lautoka. He was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Lautoka Hospital on 6th August. He was not vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says the eighth death is an 88 year old man from Ba. He presented to the Ba Mission Hospital in respiratory distress. He died two days after admission at the hospital on 7th August. He was not vaccinated.
The ninth COVID-19 death is a 49 year old man from Nadi. He was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Nadi Hospital on 8th August. He was not vaccinated.
The tenth death is a 37 year old woman from Nadi. She presented to Nadi Hospital in severe respiratory distress. She was reported to have had symptoms of cough and shortness of breath for 5 days, and she had recently given birth. A medical team retrieved her and took her to the Lautoka Hospital. She died five days after admission to the hospital on 7th August. She was not vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says the eleventh COVID-19 death is a 48 year old man from Lautoka. He presented to the Lautoka Hospital in severe respiratory distress. He died two days after admission on 8th August. He was not vaccinated.
The twelfth death is a 60 year old woman from Dawasamu. She presented to a medical facility in severe respiratory distress. She died on the same day at the medical facility on 6th August. She was not vaccinated.
The thirteenth COVID-19 death is a 63 year old man from Nakasi who died at home on 7th August. He was not vaccinated.
The fourteenth death is a 70 year old woman from Nakasi. She presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress. She died 5 days after admission on 8th August. She was not vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says the fifteenth death is a 68 year old man from Nasinu who died at home on 9th August. He was not vaccinated.
The sixteenth COVID-19 death is a 72 year old woman from Nausori who died at home on 7th August. She was not vaccinated.
The seventeenth death is an 88 year old woman from Naitasiri who died at home on 8th August. She was not vaccinated.
The eighteenth COVID-19 death is an 81 year old woman from Naitasiri who died at home on 8th August. She was not vaccinated.
There have been 10 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 317 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 315 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 also has recorded 168 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 603 new cases of COVID, 223 cases are from the Western Division and 380 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 293 new recoveries reported since the last update, which means that there are now 24,420 active cases.
19,088 active cases are in the Central Division and 5,332 in the West.
There have been 37,512 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.
We have recorded a total of 37, 582 cases in Fiji since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 12,677 recoveries.
512, 282 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the COVID vaccine and 178,606 have received their second doses.
This means that 87.3% of the target population have received at least one dose and 30.4% are now fully vaccinated nationwide.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong also reveals the 7-day average of new COVID cases per day is 867 cases per day or 980 cases per million population per day.
He maintains the daily case numbers remain high, and daily test positivity remains high, indicating ongoing widespread community transmission in the Suva-Nausori containment zone.
Cases also continue to increase in the West with evidence of widespread community transmission in the division.
Doctor Fong says they are also recording increasing numbers of people with severe disease and deaths in the West.
There are currently 289 COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital.
58 patients are admitted to the Lautoka Hospital, 68 patients are admitted at the FEMAT Field Hospital, and 163 were admitted at CWM Hospital, St Giles, and Makoi.
66 patients are considered to be in severe condition, and 6 are in critical condition.
296,716 samples have been tested since this outbreak started in April 2021, with 339,577 tested since testing began in March 2020.
The 7-day daily test average is 2795 tests per day or 3.2 tests per 1,000 population.
The national 7-day average daily test positivity is 34.1%.
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