250 new COVID cases confirmed which includes 13 new cases in Kadavu
54-year-old man from Malolo Island airlifted to Lautoka Hospital yesterday afternoon

250 new COVID cases confirmed which includes 13 new cases in Kadavu

54-year-old man from Malolo Island airlifted to Lautoka Hospital yesterday afternoon

By Naveel Krishant
Friday 03/09/2021
Kadavu Island - [Photo: COVID-19 Dashboard]

Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says Fiji has 250 new cases of COVID-19 with 186 cases from the Western Division, 51 cases are from the Central Division and 13 cases from Kadavu.

Dr Fong says there are now 270 active cases of COVID-19 in Kadavu. All these individuals have been isolated.

He further says the health team in Kadavu with the support of the community engagement team are continuing their work in accessing all villages and communities.

Dr Fong adds new cases continue to be diagnosed over the last 24 hours.

He also says rapid diagnostic tests are also being used in Kadavu and as such, the total number of cases under follow up in Kadavu is 273; 3 more than what is confirmed from Fiji CDC Data alluded to above.

Dr Fong says of these 142 cases have recovered from the disease, and 131 active cases remain under isolation.

Dr Fong also highlighted that the health risk assessment done on the active cases show that 83 cases were considered low risk, while 48 cases were in the moderate and high-risk categories, and are under close observation by the health team.

He says surveillance and testing continue at Vunibaka Settlement and Solevu Village on Malolo Island and movement restriction remains in force for the whole island.

2 new cases were identified in Solevu village bringing a total of 32 active cases on the island.

A 54 year old man was airlifted to Lautoka Hospital yesterday afternoon and assessed to have severe COVID. He is currently in stable condition.

Dr Fong says a 43 year old woman has tested positive for COVID-19 in Kese Village, Naviti Island in the last 24 hours.

Investigations suggest that the case is linked to the cases in Somosomo village.

There have been 1,102 new recoveries to report since the last update, which means that there are now 16,267 active cases. 5130 active cases are in the Central Division, 10,862 active cases in the Western Division, 5 active cases in the Northern Division (Nabouwalu and Macuata) and 270 active cases in the Eastern Division (all in Kadavu).

There have been 47,186 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021. We have recorded a total of 47,256 cases in Fiji since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 30,169 recoveries.

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