15 new COVID-19 deaths from 12th to 19th July and 784 new cases

There are 15 new COVID-19 deaths from 12th to 19th July and 784 new cases of COVID-19 for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am today.

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the first COVID-19 death is a 65 year old woman from Laucala Beach. She presented to the CWM Hospital Emergency Department in severe respiratory distress. She died 7 days after admission on 18th July. She received the 1st dose of the vaccine in early-June. She had not received the 2nd dose of the vaccine. This means that she was not fully vaccinated.

The second COVID-19 death is a 77 year old man from Valelevu who died at home on 18th July. He was not vaccinated.

Doctor Fong says the third COVID-19 death is a 47 year old man from Lami who died at home on 12th July. He was not vaccinated.

The fourth COVID-19 death is a 67 year old woman from Nasinu who died at home on 17th July. Her family reported that she was unwell with COVID-19 symptoms for one week. She was not vaccinated.

Doctor Fong says the fifth COVID-19 death is a 51 year old man from Colo-I-Suva who died at home on 17th July. He was not vaccinated.

The sixth COVID-19 death is a 40 year old man from Lami. He presented to the FEMAT field hospital in respiratory distress. He died 6 days after admission on 17th July. He was not vaccinated.

The seventh COVID-19 death is a 72 year old man from Nabua. He presented to a medical facility in severe respiratory distress. He was retrieved by a medical team to the CWM Hospital. He died one day later in hospital 18th July. He was not vaccinated.

The eighth COVID-19 death is a 65 year old man from Suva who died at home on 18th July. He was not vaccinated.

Doctor Fong says the ninth COVID-19 death is a 81 year old woman from Samabula. She presented to the CWM Hospital emergency department in severe respiratory distress today. She died in hospital on the same day. She was not vaccinated.

The tenth COVID-19 death is a 63 year old man from Delainivesi who died at home on 17th July. He was not vaccinated.

The eleventh COVID-19 death is a 79 year old woman from Cunningham who died at home on 17th July. She was not fully vaccinated.

The twelfth COVID-19 death is a 73 year old woman from Suva. She presented to the FEMAT field hospital in severe respiratory distress. She died in hospital one day later on 18th July. She was not vaccinated.

The thirteenth COVID-19 death is a 83 year old man from Nasese. He presented to the FEMAT field hospital in severe respiratory distress. He died four days after admission on 17th July. He was not vaccinated.

Doctor Fong says the fourteenth COVID-19 death is a 65 year old man from Suva. He presented to the CWM hospital in severe respiratory distress. He died in hospital on 18th July. He was not vaccinated.

The fifteenth COVID-19 death is a 50 year old woman from Dakuibeqa. She presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress and she died in hospital on 16th July. She was not vaccinated.

There have been 7 more deaths of COVID-19 positive patients. However, their deaths have been classified as non-COVID deaths by their doctors. Doctors have determined that these deaths were caused by serious pre-existing medical conditions and not COVID-19.

There have now been 113 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 111 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.

Doctor Fong says they have also recorded 48 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.

There have been 125 new recoveries reported since the last update, which means that there are now 14,247 active cases.

He says there have been 18,228 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.

Fiji has recorded a total of 18,298 cases since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 3,890 recoveries.

There are 17 more deaths currently under investigation. These will be discussed once investigations (including test results) and classifications are complete.

A full breakdown of areas of interest will be published online tonight on the Ministry’s COVID-19 dashboard.

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