Head of Health Protection Dr Aalisha Sahukhan says one patient who had tested positive for COVID-19 during her admission at the CWM Hospital has passed away.
Dr. Sahukhan says the doctors that treated her have ruled out COVID-19 as her cause of death.
She says her cause of death is related to the severe illness for which she was admitted in the ICU.
Dr. Sahukhan adds the Health Ministry expresses their condolences to her family.
She further says that 23 patients have recovered which means there are 860 active cases in isolation.
Dr. Sahukhan says Fiji has had 1,136 cases since this outbreak began in April while we have had 1206 cases since our first case in March last year.
There have been 335 recoveries.
She adds that 4 people have died due to COVID-19 while 7 positive COVID cases have died due to pre-existing non COVID related illnesses.
Meanwhile Dr. Sahukhan says vaccination is not new to Fiji and has urged everyone to get vaccinated.
