As of 3rd October, 593,442 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 462,441 have received their second doses.
This means 96% of adults have received at least one dose and 74.8% are now fully vaccinated nationwide.
Meanwhile, there are currently 74 COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital.
Health Ministry says 37 patients are admitted at the Lautoka Hospital and 37 are admitted at CWM hospital, St Giles and Makoi.
8 patients are considered to be in severe condition, and 7 are in critical condition.
Fiji has 22 new cases of COVID-19 to report for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday.
There are now 8,898 active cases.
Fiji has one new COVID-19 death to report.
The COVID-19 death has been reported from the Central Division.
It is a 58-year-old man from Suva who died at home on 1st October.
He was not vaccinated.
There have been 10 more deaths of COVID-19 positive patients.
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 634 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 632 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.
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