87.3% of the target population have received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine and 30.4% are now fully vaccinated

512, 282 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the COVID vaccine and 178,606 have received their second doses.

This means that 87.3% of the target population have received at least one dose and 30.4% are now fully vaccinated nationwide.

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong also reveals the 7-day average of new COVID cases per day is 867 cases per day or 980 cases per million population per day.

He maintains the 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 widespread community transmission in the division.

Doctor Fong says they are also recording increasing numbers of people with severe disease and deaths in the West.

There are currently 289 COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital.

58 patients are admitted to the Lautoka Hospital, 68 patients are admitted at the FEMAT Field Hospital, and 163 were admitted at CWM Hospital, St Giles, and Makoi.

66 patients are considered to be in severe condition, and 6 are in critical condition.

296,716 samples have been tested since this outbreak started in April 2021, with 339,577 tested since testing began in March 2020.

The 7-day daily test average is 2795 tests per day or 3.2 tests per 1,000 population.

The national 7-day average daily test positivity is 34.1%.