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590 new cases of COVID-19
21,754 active cases

590 new cases of COVID-19

21,754 active cases

By Navitalai Naivalurua
18/08/2021
[image: Fijian Govt.]

590 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday.

420 cases are from the Western Division and 170 cases are from the Central Division.

A full breakdown of areas of interest is on the Health Ministry’s COVID-19 dashboard. 

There have been 1,304 new recoveries reported since the last update, which means that there are now 21,754 active cases.

14,554 active cases are in the Central Division, 7,199 active cases in the Western Division and 1 active case in the Northern Division.

There have been 41,107 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.

Fiji has recorded 41,177 cases in Fiji since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 18,795 recoveries.

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