Two men with multiple underlying medical conditions have passed away due to COVID-19.
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says the first death is a 72-year-old man from the Central Division who died at home on the 4th of this month.
The man had only received one dose of the vaccine.
Dr Fong says the second death is a 63-year-old man from the Western Division, who was admitted to the Lautoka Hospital on the 6th of this month.
He says the man had multiple underlying medical conditions that worsened his COVID state, and he died six days later.
The man had received three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Permanent Secretary says while they continue to see a persistent decrease in the reported case data, he is urging people to continue to be vigilant.
Dr Fong adds the two reported deaths again highlight the need to protect those less able to fend for themselves.
Meanwhile, 55 new cases have been recorded by the Health Ministry as of Friday.
Nine new cases recorded on Friday, 27 new cases on Sunday and 19 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours ending at 8 am yesterday.
Of the 55 cases recorded, 32 were recorded in the Central Division, 22 in the Western Division, and 1 case in the Northern Division.
The national 7-day rolling average of cases as of last Thursday is 16 daily cases.
