Head of Health Protection, Dr Aalisha Sahukhan says the 7 day average daily test positivity in the Central Division is increasing and is currently at 1.1 percent, and she also urges people to adhere to the health restrictions in place as the teams in the Central Division have been working almost 24/7, in all weather conditions to do contact tracing.
Dr. Sahukhan says the daily test positivity is still below the 2 to 5 percent threshold that they have adding that this upward trend is also indicative of the increasing number of cases reported daily in the Central Division despite high levels of testing.
Dr Sahukhan says the health teams have been doing a remarkable job and they do need the public’s help.
She adds the majority of the new cases from the Central Division are linked to existing clusters and these clusters are large because they are associated with mass gathering events such as funerals, large work groups or large households.
Dr.Sahukhan says Fiji has had 360 cases since last year, 161 recoveries and 4 deaths.
She also says they have done over 58,000 lab tests since April.
Dr.Sahukhan adds the most recent data shows 3.2 tests per 1,000 population are being conducted in the Central Division which is above their target and says this is comparable to Australia and New Zealand.
