431 new COVID-19 cases and 3 deaths announced

A new daily record number of cases has been announced as Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong confirms there are 431 cases and 3 deaths related to COVID-19 in the 24-hour reporting period that ended at 8am yesterday.

Doctor Fong says these new cases are from the Central and Western Divisions.

According to Official COVID-19 Dashboard, there are active cases in Toorak, CWM Hospital, Waimanu Road, Brown Street, Moti Street, FNU Samabula, Vatoa Street, Crompton Place, Helson Street, Nayau Street, Sovu Place, Lakeba Street, Bureta Street, Tubou Street, Grifith Road, Vunakece Road, Ragg Avenue, Sukanaivalu Road, Ratu Dovi Road, Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Tacirua East, Yasiyasi Road, Caubati, Suva Wharf, Pender Street, Cakobau Road, the Kidney Foundation of Fiji, Ratu Sukuna Road, Cost U Less Supermarket, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Nasova Police Barracks, Tokelau Street, Nasese, Muanikau, Laucala Bay, Flagstaff, Knolly Street, Berry Road, Raiwaqa, Wailea, Nailuva Road, Rewa Street, PRB Flats Nabua, Vatuwaqa, Nuffield, Wainivula, Cunningham, Namadi, Nabua, Valelevu, Ura Place, Nuqa Place, Kabatia Place, Khalsa Road, Makosoi Road, Rosi Street, Pilling Road, Tovata Road, Maqbool Road, Nawanawa Road, Nasole Road, Nepani Road, Kinoya, Nadera, Nepani, Nadawa, Laqere, Kalabu, Muanikoso, Tovata, Narere, Makoi, Nakasi, Davuilevu, Koronivia, Pritam Singh Road, Kalokalo Crescent, Mana Place, Beaumont Road, Toga, Dilkusha, Sawani, Naqali, Naqeledamu, Lakena, Vuci Road, Naduru, Vunivaivai, Kuku/ Raralevu Noco, Luvuluvu, Wainibokasi, Sasawira, Colo-i-Suva, Baulevu, Namara, Nakelo, Waibuka, Mokani, Kasavu, Logani, Tobuniqio Village, Verata, Korovou, Waikalou, Laselevu and Tubarua Village in Naitasiri, Wailoku, Reservoir Road, Walu Bay, Naval Base, Tamavua-I-Wai, Panoramic Road, Waiqanake, Nadonumai, Delainavesi, Vugalei, Lami Village, Lami Police Station, Vetaia Street, Wailada, Valenicina, Qauia, Kalekana, Naivikinikini Settlement, Wailekutu, Namuka-I-Lau and Veisari, Bilo Road and Golden Manufacturers.

The quarantine facilities with active cases in Suva are the Grand Pacific Hotel, Holiday Inn, Southern Cross Hotel, James Cook Hotel, Peninsula, Tanoa Hotel and Town House Apartments. There are also cases at the Lami Novotel.

In Nadi, there are cases in Nawaka, Savunawai, DoubleTree Quarantine Facility, Airport Apartments Quarantine Facilities, Mercure Hotel Quarantine Facility, Nasau Resort Villas Quarantine Facility, Nalagi Quarantine Facility, Tanoa Quarantine Facility, Grand West Villas Quarantine Facility, Nadi Hospital Isolation Facility and the Hilton Resort Quarantine Facility.

In Lautoka, there are active cases in Natabua Quarantine Facility in Drasa Vitogo, Lautoka Hospital Isolation Facility, Rifle Range, Vitogo Parade, Paipai and Lovu.

There is also a case at the Outrigger Quarantine Facility in Sigatoka. There are also cases in the Fiji Sugar Corporation compound in Rakiraki.

A case has been confirmed in Tavua Prison Compound while the 2nd case in Tavua lives at the PWD Quarters.

A full breakdown of areas of interest has been published online on the Ministry’s COVID-19 dashboard. You can check out the link on our website, fijivillage.

The Permanent Secretary says the 7-day average of new cases per day has increased to 285 cases per day or 305 cases per million population per day.

Doctor Fong says there has also been a notable increase in positive patients with severe disease, as well as an increase in deaths.

He says the steady increase in average daily case numbers in combination with other indicators suggest higher daily numbers of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in the coming weeks, particularly in the Central and Western divisions.

There are now 24 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 22 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.

The Health Ministry has also recorded 11 COVID-19 positive patients who died from conditions that they had before they contracted COVID-19.

There have been 36 new recoveries reported since the last update, which means that there are now 3,896 active cases in isolation.

There have been 4,779 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.

Fiji has recorded a total of 4,849 cases since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 918 recoveries.

159,939 samples have been tested since this outbreak started in April 2021, with 202,800 tested since testing began in early 2020.

The national 7-day average daily test positivity is 8.9% and continues on an upward trend.