There are 7 new COVID-19 deaths from 10th July to 5th August and 752 new COVID cases.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says 6 of the deaths were in the Central Division and 1 death was from the Western Division.
The first COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old man from Tailevu. He presented to a medical facility in severe respiratory distress. His condition worsened at the medical facility and he died on the same day on 5th August. He received the first dose of the vaccine in mid-July. He did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.
Doctor Fong says the second death is a 53-year-old man from Nausori who died at home on 4th August. He was not vaccinated.
The third death is a 58-year-old man from Vatuwaqa who died at home on 5th August. He was not vaccinated.
The fourth COVID-19 death is a 52-year-old man from Naitasiri. He presented to a medical facility in severe respiratory distress. His condition worsened at the medical facility and he died on the same day on 5th August. He was not vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says the fifth death is a 48-year-old man from Narere who died at home on 5th August. He was not vaccinated.
The sixth death is a 49-year-old woman from Nadi who presented to the Nadi Sub-Divisional Hospital with an altered level of consciousness. Her family reported that she was noted to be unwell one day prior to her presentation. Her condition worsened in the hospital and she died on the same day on 4th August. She was not vaccinated.
The seventh COVID-19 death is a 78-year-old man from Cunningham. He presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress. His condition worsened at the hospital and he died 14 days after admission on 10th 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.
With today’s newly reported deaths, there have now been 290 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 288 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.
The 7 day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths per day is 6.
Fiji has also recorded 153 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 752 new cases, 88 cases are from the Western Division and 664 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.
There have been 268 new recoveries reported since the last update, which means that there are now 23,696 active cases.
18,967 active cases are in the Central Division and 4,729 in the West.
There have been 35,570 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.
The country has recorded a total of 35,640 cases since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 11,501 recoveries.
504,695 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 170,901 have received their second doses.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says this means that 86 percent of the target population have received at least one dose and 29.1 percent are now fully vaccinated nationwide.
The 7-day average of new COVID cases per day is a concerning 997 cases per day or 1127 cases per million population per day.
Doctor Fong says daily case numbers remain high, and daily test positivity remains high, indicating ongoing widespread community transmission in the Suva-Nausori containment zone.
Cases also continue to increase in the West with evidence of community transmission in the division.
Doctor Fong says they are also recording increasing number of people with severe disease and deaths in the West.
Meanwhile there are currently 295 COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital.
52 patients are admitted to the Lautoka Hospital.
In Suva, 77 patients are admitted at the FEMAT Field Hospital, and 166 are admitted at CWM Hospital, St Giles, and Makoi.
51 patients are considered to be in severe condition, and 10 are in critical condition.
289,980 samples have been tested since this outbreak started in April 2021, with 332,841 tested since testing began in March 2020.
2743 tests have been reported for August 4th.
The national 7-day daily test average is 3300 tests per day or 3.7 tests per 1,000 population.
The national 7-day average daily test positivity is 32.1 percent.
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