Fiji records 13 new cases of COVID-19, 12 cases are Fiji Navy staff

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has confirmed 13 new cases of COVID-19 since last night, and 12 of these cases are Fiji Navy staff.

Doctor Fong says the 12 Fiji Navy staff are primary contacts of the Navy staff case announced yesterday after he went to the Nuffield Health Centre in Tamavua.

He says investigations are ongoing and no links have yet been established with other clusters.

The 13th case is another member of the Kinoya household announced last night.

This means that there are now 11 positive cases in one household in Kinoya.

There are now 121 active cases in isolation.

Fiji has now recorded 272 cases in Fiji since the first case was detected in March last year, with 147 recoveries.