There were no COVID-19 deaths reported for the last 24 hours however, the Health Ministry confirmed a 36-year-old partially vaccinated man from Lautoka has passed away due to COVID-19 on 24th August.
Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says he presented to the Lautoka Hospital in severe respiratory distress.
Dr Fong says he received the 1st dose of the vaccine in early-July and he did not receive the second dose of the vaccine. This means that he was not fully vaccinated.
Dr Fong adds 4 more deaths of COVID-19 positive patients were recorded however, these deaths have been classified as non-COVID deaths by their doctors. The doctors have determined that these deaths were caused by a serious pre-existing medical condition and not COVID-19.
There have now been 534 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 532 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.
The 7 day rolling average for COVID-19 deaths per day in the Central Division is 1 and in the Western Division is 2.
Dr Fong further says there are currently 142 COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital.
60 patients are admitted at the Lautoka Hospital, 7 patients are admitted at the FEMAT field hospital, and 75 admitted at CWM hospital, St Giles, and Makoi. 13 patients are considered to be in severe condition, and 5 are in critical condition.
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong has confirmed that Fiji has recorded 143 new cases of COVID-19 of which 76 are from the Western Division, 59 are from the Central Division and 8 from the Eastern Division.
Dr Fong says Kadavu recorded 8 new cases bringing the total number of cases to 463.
He says all villages remain on movement restrictions enforced by the Police and the Vanua, while the village of Tawava and the seven villages of Yale Tikina are on strict lockdown.
Dr Fong adds the outreach teams continue to visit the villages and communities undertaking to follow up of primary contacts, monitoring of positive patients and clearance, roll out of COVID-19 vaccination, maternal and child health clinic and vaccination, and consultation with medicine replenishment.
Dr Fong further says no new cases were recorded on Malolo Island in the last 24 hours and the 25 active cases remain stable. Daily surveillance and screening are ongoing for the villages, and movement restrictions remain in force for the island.
He also confirmed that Naviti Island also did not record any new cases in the last 24 hours. The 109 active cases remain under daily assessment while surveillance continues for the contacts and villagers in the seven settlements and villages. Movement restriction remains in force for the villages in the island.
Dr Fong says there have been 93 new recoveries to report since the last update, which means that there are now 13,407 active cases.
2,238 active cases are in the Central Division, 10,871 active cases in the Western Division, 5 active cases in the Northern Division and 293 active cases in Kadavu.
There have been 48,645 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021. We have recorded a total of 48,715 cases in Fiji since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 34,411 recoveries.
96.9% of the target population have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine while 56.2% are now fully vaccinated nationwide.
This means that 568,246 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the vaccine and 329,849 have received their second doses.
Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says there are currently 142 COVID-19 patients admitted in hospital.
60 patients are admitted at the Lautoka Hospital, 7 patients are admitted at the FEMAT field hospital, and 75 admitted at CWM hospital, St Giles, and Makoi.
13 patients are considered to be in severe condition, and 5 are in critical condition.
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