Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has confirmed there are 6 new COVID-19 deaths from July 29th to 30th while there are 1,121 COVID cases for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am today.
The first COVID-19 death is a 79-year-old man from Caubati who died at home on 29th July. He was not vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says the second death is a 65-year-old woman from Nasinu. She was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the CWM Hospital Emergency Department on 29th July. This means that she died at home or on her way to the hospital. She was not vaccinated.
The third death is a 58-year-old man from Nausori. He presented to a medical facility in severe respiratory distress. A medical team retrieved him from the medical facility and brought him to CWM Hospital. His condition worsened in the hospital and he died on the same day on 30th July. He was not vaccinated.
The fourth death is a 71-year-old woman from Nabua who died at home on 30th July. She was not vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says the fifth death is a 51-year-old man from Suva who died at home on 30th July. He was not vaccinated.
The sixth death is an 89-year-old man from Tailevu. He presented to a medical facility in severe respiratory distress. A medical team retrieved him from the medical facility and brought him to the CWM Hospital. His condition worsened in the hospital and he died 10 days after admission on 30th July. He was not vaccinated.
There have been 7 more deaths of COVID-19 positive patients.
However, their 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.
There have now been 238 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 236 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.
The 7 day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths per day is 8.
Fiji has recorded 130 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 1121 new cases, 241 cases are from the Western Division and 880 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.
You can check out the link on our website, fijivillage.
There have been 510 new recoveries reported since the last update, which means that there are now 21,707 active cases.
18,572 active cases are in the Central Division and 3,135 in the West.
All cases that were recorded in the Northern and Eastern Divisions (cases that were imported from Viti Levu) have recovered and there are no active cases currently in those divisions.
There have been 29,711 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.
Fiji has recorded a total of 29,781 cases since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 7,705 recoveries.
482,175 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 140,184 people have received their second dose.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says this means that 82.2 percentage of the target population have received at least one dose and 23.9 percent are now fully vaccinated.
Meanwhile the 7-day average of new cases per day is a worrying 1038 cases per day or 1173 cases per million population per day.
Doctor Fong says the daily case numbers remain high, and daily test positivity remains high, indicating ongoing widespread community transmission in the Suva-Nausori containment zone.
The cases are also increasing in the West with evidence of community transmission in that division.
The Northern and Eastern Divisions currently have no active cases.
There are currently 294 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital - 56 patients are in severe condition and 11 in critical condition.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says 28 patients are admitted at Lautoka hospital.
In Suva, 81 patients are admitted at the FEMAT Field Hospital, and 185 admitted at CWM Hospital, St Giles, and Makoi.
A total of 270,052 samples have been tested since this outbreak started in April 2021, with 312,913 tested since testing began in March 2020.
Based on available data the national 7-day daily test average is 3172 tests per day or 3.6 tests per 1,000 population.
The national 7-day average daily test positivity is 30.9%.
Doctor Fong says community transmission within the Suva-Nausori containment zone is at a very high level.
This means that anyone who develops symptoms of COVID-19 in Suva-Nausori should assume that they have COVID-19.
Doctor Fong says most people infected with COVID-19 will have mild symptoms like cough, runny nose, sore throat, fever, loss of taste or smell, body ache, or headache, and will fully recover at home with no medical intervention necessary.
People who have any of these symptoms and are not within a group that is at higher risk for developing severe COVID-19 will no longer be tested for COVID-19, and should stay at home, strictly self-isolate for 14 days, and continue to monitor your symptoms for severe COVID-19.
If you develop any signs of severe COVID-19, like difficulty breathing or chest pain, please go immediately to CWM Hospital, FEMAT Hospital, Vodafone Arena, and individuals in Nausori with severe symptoms should go to Nausori Health Centre or Wainibokasi Hospital
Call 165 if you are unable to travel to a medical facility.
However, if you or someone you are caring for has mild symptoms but is at high risk of severe COVID – in particular individuals over 50 years, have a chronic illness such as diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, asthma, are obese, or are pregnant – the MOH needs you to visit one of the screening clinics and get tested.
If you test positive, then they will ensure you are provided immediate care by the health teams.
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