8 new COVID-19 cases while 10 recoveries

8 new COVID-19 cases while 10 recoveries

By Krishneel Nair
Friday 03/03/2023
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8 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded since last Thursday, while 10 have recovered.

According to the Ministry of Health, 1 case was recorded in the Central Division and 7 cases in the Western Division.

The Ministry says the national 7-day rolling average of cases as of Sunday is 2 daily cases.

Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says they have been reporting that 100% of the estimated adult population have received one dose and 95% have received the second dose.

He says the vaccination of the target population has been progressing well with the 12 years and above coverage rate for Fiji being 99% for Dose 1 and 89% for Dose 2.

The Permanent Secretary says as of Wednesday, 171,073 (54.7%) booster-eligible individuals have so far received their 3rd dose while 29,290 individuals have been administered the 4th dose.

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