Widespread COVID-19 community transmission in the Suva-Nausori Containment Zone

The 7-day average of new COVID cases per day is 1085 cases per day or 1226 cases per million population per day.

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong maintains the daily case numbers remain high, and daily test positivity remains high, indicating ongoing widespread community transmission in the Suva-Nausori containment zone.

He says cases are also increasing in the West with evidence of community transmission in the division.

Doctor Fong says they are also recording increasing number of people with severe disease, and deaths in the West.

The Northern and Eastern Divisions currently have no active cases.

Meanwhile there are currently 295 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital.

23 patients are admitted at Lautoka Hospital.

In Suva, 80 patients are admitted at the FEMAT Field Hospital, and 191 admitted at CWM Hospital, St Giles, and Makoi.

50 patients are considered to be in severe condition and 12 are in critical condition.

A total of 280,381 samples have been tested since this outbreak started in April 2021, with 323,242 tested since testing began in March 2020.

Based on available data the national 7-day daily test average is 3372 tests per day or 3.8 tests per 1,000 population.

The national 7-day average daily test positivity is 30 percent.