There 27 new COVID-19 cases with 1 case being a day patient at CWM Hospital.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the patient was not admitted at the hospital but was tested as part of a pre-admission screening program that is being conducted at the hospital.
Investigations are ongoing into the possible source of her infection.
14 of the new positive cases were announced as of 6 o’clock last night.
Doctor Fong says 13 of the new cases are contacts of previously announced cases.
9 of the new cases announced last night are from the Navy cluster, 3 are contacts of the Waila cluster and 1 case is a household contact of case 244 in the Muanikoso cluster.
Doctor Fong says 8 patients have recovered, which means there are now 127 active cases in isolation.
Fiji has had 286 cases in total, with 155 recoveries and 4 deaths, since the first case was reported on March 19th 2020.
96,111 COVID-19 laboratory tests have been conducted since testing started in early 2020.
This does not include the 11,000 samples recently tested in Australia.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has confirmed 13 new cases of COVID-19 since last night, and 12 of these cases are Fiji Navy staff.
Doctor Fong says the 12 Fiji Navy staff are primary contacts of the Navy staff case announced yesterday after he went to the Nuffield Health Centre in Tamavua.
He says investigations are ongoing and no links have yet been established with other clusters.
The 13th case is another member of the Kinoya household announced last night.
This means that there are now 11 positive cases in one household in Kinoya.
There are now 121 active cases in isolation.
Fiji has now recorded 272 cases in Fiji since the first case was detected in March last year, with 147 recoveries.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has confirmed that due to a shortage of suitable accommodation sites that may serve as quarantine facilities in the Central Division, they are now moving close contacts of cases that are negative on their entry and 4th day tests to the established quarantine facilities in Nadi to complete the remainder of their 14 day quarantine.
Doctor Fong says the prerequisite of the 2 negative tests is in place to mitigate the risk of transmission between those in quarantine during their travel to Nadi.
Pearl Resort at Pacific Harbour and Novotel Lami were earlier confirmed as quarantine facilities for contacts.
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