291 COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital

The 7-day average of new COVID cases per day is 561 cases per day or 634 cases per million population per day.

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says they have noted a drop in cases reported per day recently however, their daily testing numbers have also been dropping around the same time, due to the change in testing policy in Suva-Nausori.

As announced on July 21st by the Permanent Secretary, only persons that have a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 are being targeted for testing in Suva-Nausori.

This was done so that resources could be targeted to early detection, monitoring and care of persons with COVID-19 who are at higher risk of severe disease, to prevent more people succumbing to severe disease and death.

There are currently 291 COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital.

72 patients are admitted to the Lautoka Hospital, 60 patients are admitted at the FEMAT Field Hospital, and 159 are admitted at CWM Hospital, St Giles, and Makoi.

67 patients are considered to be in severe condition, and 14 are in critical condition.

301,011 samples have been tested since this outbreak started in April 2021, with 343,872 tested since testing began in March 2020.

The national 7-day average daily test positivity is 34.5%.