Increasing number of people with severe disease and deaths from COVID-19 in the Central and Western Divisions

Fiji's 7-day average of new COVID cases per day is 1156 cases per day or 1193 cases per million population per day.

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the daily case numbers remain high, and daily test positivity remains high, indicating ongoing widespread community transmission in the Suva-Nausori containment zone.

Cases continue to increase in the West with evidence of community transmission in the division.

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

He says there are currently 311 COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital.

63 patients are admitted at the Lautoka Hospital.

In Suva, 78 patients are admitted at the FEMAT Field Hospital, and 170 were admitted at CWM Hospital, St Giles, and Makoi.

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

A total of 287,237 samples have been tested since this outbreak started in April 2021, with 330,098 tested since testing began in March 2020.

The national 7-day daily test average is 3401 tests per day or 3.8 tests per 1,000 population.

The national 7-day average daily test positivity is 32.4%.