Fiji records 290 new cases of COVID-19 with 25 new cases confirmed on Kadavu
Ongoing surveillance and testing on Naviti Island have identified ten more cases of COVID-19 – Dr Fong

Fiji records 290 new cases of COVID-19 with 25 new cases confirmed on Kadavu

Ongoing surveillance and testing on Naviti Island have identified ten more cases of COVID-19 – Dr Fong

By Naveel Krishant
02/09/2021
Kadavu Island - [Photo: COVID-19 Dashboard]

Fiji has recorded 290 new cases of COVID-19.

128 cases are from the Western Division, 137 cases are from the Central Division and 25 cases are from Kadavu.

Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says this means there are now 257 active cases of COVID-19 in Kadavu. All these individuals have been isolated.

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

Dr Fong further says given the clear evidence of community transmission on the island, they anticipate that the number of cases will escalate further, together with the risk of severe disease and death.

He adds the ongoing surveillance and testing on Naviti Island have identified ten more cases of COVID-19 with positive cases now noted in Somosomo Village, Nasoqo Settlement, Kese Village, and Muaira Village.

Dr Fong also says Gunu Village has also been identified as high risk and as such with the facilitation of the Assistant Roko for Yasawa, a health team will visit Gunu Village today and conduct assessment and testing for contacts and symptomatic cases.

He adds the tests will need to be run at Lautoka Hospital to confirm the number of cases of COVID-19 in the village.

Dr Fong highlighted that in the coming days, a whole-of-Government community engagement and response team is also planned to visit the villages and settlements in Naviti and Viwa Island to conduct surveillance and testing, awareness sessions, and attend to immediate health and social needs that will be identified during the visit.

Dr Fong says while the two index cases at Cobi Village in Malolo Island have recovered and cleared by the Health team, there are still 22 active cases in Vunibaka and 5 active cases in Solevu Village.

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

There are now 27 active cases in Malolo, all of whom are linked to the 2 index cases.

There have been 2,306 new recoveries to report since the last update, which means that there are now 17,124 active cases. 6,182 active cases are in the Central Division, 10,680 active cases in the Western Division, 5 active cases in the Northern Division (Nabouwalu and Macuata) and 257 active cases in Kadavu.

There have been 46,936 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021. We have recorded a total of 47,006 cases in Fiji since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 29,067 recoveries.


Health Ministry records 8 new COVID-19 deaths

By Naveel Krishant
02/09/2021
CWM Hospital

Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says Fiji has 8 new COVID-19 deaths to report for the period from the 27th August - 1st September 2021.

7 deaths were reported from the Western Division and 1 death was reported from the Central Division.

The first COVID-19 death to report is an 87-year-old man from Suva. He presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress. He died 9 days after admission on 30th August. He was not vaccinated.

The second COVID-19 death to report is a 56-year-old man from Tavua.

He presented to the Tavua Hospital in severe respiratory distress.

He died 8 days after admission on 30th August. He received the first dose of the vaccine in mid-July. He did not receive the second dose of the vaccine. This means that he was not fully vaccinated.

The third COVID-19 death to report is a 71-year-old woman from Lautoka.

She presented to the Lautoka Hospital in severe respiratory distress.

She died 11 days after admission on 31st August. She received the first dose of the vaccine in early June.

She did not receive the second dose of the vaccine. This means that she was not fully vaccinated.

The fourth COVID-19 death to report is a 67-year-old man from Tavua.

He presented to the Tavua Hospital in severe respiratory distress.

A medical team from Tavua transferred him to the Lautoka Hospital. He died on 30th August. He was not vaccinated.

The fifth COVID-19 death to report is a 76-year-old woman from Nadi who died at home yesterday. She was not vaccinated.

The sixth COVID-19 death to report is a 65-year-old man from Nadi who died at home on 30th August.

He received the first dose of the vaccine in late July.

He did not receive the second dose of the vaccine. This means that he was not fully vaccinated.

The seventh COVID-19 death to report is a 78-year-old man from Ba who died at home on 30th August. He was not vaccinated.

The eighth COVID-19 death to report is a 46-year-old woman from Sigatoka.

She presented to the Korolevu Health Center in severe respiratory distress.

She passed away on the 27th of August. She received the first dose of the vaccine in late July.

She did not receive the second dose of the vaccine. This means that she was not fully vaccinated.

There have been 3 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 504 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 502 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.

As of August 27th, the national 7 day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths per day is 6.

The 7 day rolling average for COVID-19 deaths per day in the Central Division is 2 and in the Western Division is 4.

We have also recorded 311 COVID-19 positive patients who died from the serious medical conditions that they had before they contracted COVID-19; these are not classified as COVID-19 deaths.



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