93 new cases and 1 COVID-19 death

Fiji has 93 new cases of COVID-19 to report for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday.

There are now 12,999 active cases.

Fiji has recorded a total of 50,540 cases in Fiji since the first case was reported in March 2020.

The Health Ministry says Fiji has one new COVID-19 death to report today. This COVID-19 death was reported from the Central Division.

The first COVID-19 death to report is a 73-year-old woman from Suva who died at home on 22nd September. She was not vaccinated.

There have been 8 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 584 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 582 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.

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