The 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases per day for Fiji is a worrying 1039 cases per day or 1174 cases per million population per day.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says daily case numbers remain high, and daily test positivity remains high, indicating ongoing widespread community transmission in the Suva-Nausori Containment Zone.
He says cases are also increasing in the West with evidence of community transmission in that division.
The Northern and Eastern Divisions currently have no active cases.
Meanwhile there are currently 307 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital.
28 patients are admitted at Lautoka hospital.
In Suva, 79 patients are admitted at the FEMAT Field Hospital, and 200 admitted at CWM Hospital, St Giles, and Makoi.
59 patients are considered to be in severe condition, and 9 are in critical condition.
A total of 273,497 samples have been tested since this outbreak started in April 2021, with 316,358 tested since testing began in March 2020.
Based on available data the national 7-day daily test average is 3235 tests per day or 3.7 tests per 1,000 population.
The national 7-day average daily test positivity is 32.3 percent.
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