The rising number of cases continue as 1,220 new cases of COVID-19 have been announced for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong also confirms that there are 5 new COVID-19 deaths to report for the period of 10th July to 13th July.
The first COVID-19 death is a 61-year-old woman from Kinoya who died at home on 10th July.
Her family reported that she was feeling unwell with generalized body pain, weakness, and a sore throat for 10 days.
She was not vaccinated.
The second COVID-19 death is a 62-year-old man from Tacirua.
He presented to the CWM Hospital emergency department in severe respiratory distress.
He died in hospital on the same day on 13th July.
His family reported that he was unwell with fever, cough, and generalized weakness for three days prior.
He was not vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says the third COVID-19 death is a 66-year-old woman from Nabua who died at home on 13th July.
Her family reported that she was feeling unwell with a cough and shortness of breath for 3 days. She was not vaccinated.
The fourth COVID-19 death is a 60-year-old woman from Verata who died at home on 13th July. She was not vaccinated.
The fifth COVID-19 death is a 78-year-old woman from Nauluvatu Village.
She was retrieved from home by a medical team and transferred to a healthcare facility.
She was noted to be in severe respiratory distress.
She died in the healthcare facility on the same day on 13th July.
She was not vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says there have been two more deaths of COVID-19 positive patients.
However, their deaths have been classified as non-COVID deaths by their doctors.
Doctors have determined that these deaths were caused by serious pre-existing medical conditions and not COVID-19.
He says there have now been 74 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 72 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.
Fiji has also recorded 31 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.
There have been 213 new recoveries reported since the last update, which means that there are now 11,033 active cases.
There have been 13,816 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.
Fiji has recorded a total of 13,886 cases since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 2,748 recoveries.
There are eight other deaths currently under investigation.
These will be discussed once investigations (including test results) and classifications are complete.
A full breakdown of areas of interest has been published online on the Ministry’s COVID-19 dashboard.
You can check out the link on our website, fijivillage.
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