Fiji;: 873 new Covid cases & 3 deaths in one day

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Fiji has recorded 873 new cases of Covid-19 and three more deaths, including a 15-year-old girl, in the 24 hours ending at 8am today.

That compares to 485 cases and three deaths in the previous 24-hour period.

The Health Ministry announced that all six patients were unvaccinated.

Health Secretary Dr James Fong said five other people who tested positive for Covid-19 had died but their deaths have been attributed to “serious pre-existing medical conditions and not Covid-19.”

Fiji has 9310 active cases in isolation. There have been 58 deaths reported, 56 of them are from the latest outbreak that began in April.

A 56-year-old woman from Vatuwaqa in Suva died at home. Her family reported that she had been feeling unwell for a week.

The second victim was an 87-year-old woman from Nasinu who had presented to the FEMAT (Fiji Emergency Medical Assistance Team) field hospital in severe respiratory distress.

Dr Fong said the case that was previously under investigation, the teenager, was now classified as a Covid-19-related death.