The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says seven new cases were recorded in Kadavu in the last 24 hours bringing the total number to 490.
Ten people are receiving medical treatment at Vunisea hospital where 5 are COVID positive and are currently in stable condition while 5 are negative for COVID-19.
Dr Fong says mobile outreach teams continue with their village and settlement visits carrying out the follow-up of primary contacts, monitoring of positive patients and clearance, roll out of COVID-19 vaccination, MCH clinic, and immunization of babies, GOPD consultation, and SOPD clinic with medicine replenishment.
He says the Kavala health team is continuing with 2nd dose vaccinations as well as 1st dose jabs as part of their mop-up campaign.
Movement restrictions remain in force for Kadavu and are being monitored by the Police team and the Vanua.
Two new cases have been reported for Malolo Island, bringing the total to 63.
33 have recovered and 30 remain active cases.
Dr Fong says daily assessment continues for the active cases and their contacts while the six high-risk cases are stable and remain in home isolation.
Movement restrictions remain in force for all villages on the island.
Meanwhile, three new cases have been reported on Naviti Island in the last 24 hours.
75 individuals have recovered while 63 cases remain active and under surveillance by the health team.
Movement restrictions are in place for all villages.
The Permanent Secretary confirms no new cases were recorded on Waya Island with the 25 cases remain active and under home isolation in their villages.
Daily assessment of the patients is conducted by the Yalobi Nursing Station health team. The island remains under strict movement restrictions.
Dr Fong confirms two new cases were diagnosed on Enadala settlement in Nacula Island in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases on the island to 27.
He says the positive cases are under isolation in their respective villages and monitored daily by the health team from Nacula Health Center.
The other 4 villages and one settlement on the island have not recorded any positive case to date.
Strict movement restriction remains in place for the whole island.
On Beqa Island, 56 new cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours in the villages of Lalati, Soliyaga, Dakuni, Naceva, Dakuibeqa, Waisomo, and Raviravi.
This brings the total number of cases to 118, of which 117 are active cases and are on daily monitoring by the health team.
168 swab tests were done in the last 24 hours, and education and awareness on COVID safe measures and vaccination continue for the villagers on the island.
Movement restriction remains in force for the whole island.
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