84.4% of the adult target population in Fiji is fully vaccinated while 95.9% have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
This means 592,904 Fijians have received one dose while 524,475 people have received two doses of the vaccine.
28,965 children between the ages of 15 to 17 have received one dose of the Moderna vaccine while 3,892 children are now fully vaccinated.
25 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the last 24 hours by the Health Ministry.
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says in the past 7 days, 181 cases were recorded in the central division, 82 new cases in the western division, 16 new cases in the eastern division, and 6 new cases in the northern division.
The central division cases constitute 71% of the cumulative total cases nationally, with the western division making up 27% and 2% in the northern and eastern divisions.
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Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says community transmission of COVID-19 in the North is to be expected however they anticipate that the number of cases and cases with severe disease will be less than that seen with the outbreak in Viti Levu, because of higher vaccination coverage.
He says within Viti Levu, the outbreak was contained in the Lami to Nausori containment area long enough to allow for escalation of vaccination coverage and clinical response capacity outside the containment area.
Doctor Fong adds this contributed to the lower peak and the total number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths outside the containment area within Viti Levu.
He says they expect to see the same trend in the Northern division especially if COVID-19 safe measures are consistently adhered to.
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