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86.9% of the adult target population and 16,529 children are now fully vaccinated
50 new cases recorded since Monday

86.9% of the adult target population and 16,529 children are now fully vaccinated

50 new cases recorded since Monday

By Rashika Kumar
28/10/2021
[image: UNICEF]

86.9% of the adult target population in Fiji and 16,529 children between the ages of 15 to 17 years are now fully vaccinated.

96.3% of the adult target population and 31,211 children have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Since the last update on Monday, Fiji has recorded 50 new cases of COVID-19 of which 35 new cases were recorded on Tuesday and 15 new cases in the last 24 hours ending at 8am yesterday.

The 13 new cases recorded in the North are quarantine cases that are part of the repatriation program for the Northern Division.

There are currently 1,698 active cases.

Fiji has had a total of 52,009 cases since the second wave of the pandemic began in April and 52,079 cases since March last year.

There have been 673 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 671 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.

Fiji has also recorded 563 deaths of COVID-19 positive patients who died from serious medical conditions they had before they contracted COVID-19. These are not classified as COVID-19 deaths.

Click here for the full COVID-19 update

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