118 new cases of COVID with 1 new death

Fiji has recorded 118 new cases of COVID-19 for the 24 hour period that ended at 8 am today while we also recorded one death due to COVID-19.

Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says the COVID-19 death to report is a 59-year-old man from Nadi.

Dr Fong says the man presented to the Nadi Hospital in severe respiratory distress and his family reported that he had a history of a cough and shortness of breath five days before his presentation.

He was transferred to the Lautoka Hospital and passed away on the 19th of this month. He was not vaccinated.

Dr Fong further says there have been 4 more deaths of COVID-19 positive patients. However, these deaths have been classified as non-COVID deaths by their doctors. The doctors have determined that these deaths were caused by a serious pre-existing medical condition and not COVID-19.

There have now been 576 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 574 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.

There are now 12,948 active cases.

Dr Fong adds they are currently reviewing and reconciling their active case database with deaths and recoveries and as a result, they expect the death and recovery numbers to intermittently change as verifications are made.

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