7 new COVID-19 deaths and 1220 new COVID cases
18,506 active COVID cases in the Central Division and 4,183 in the West

7 new COVID-19 deaths and 1220 new COVID cases

18,506 active COVID cases in the Central Division and 4,183 in the West

By Vijay Narayan
Tuesday 03/08/2021

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has announced 7 new COVID-19 deaths from 31st July to 2nd August and 1220 new COVID cases for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am today.

6 of the deaths were in the Central Division and 1 death was from the Western Division.

Doctor Fong says the first COVID-19 death is a 24 year old man from Tailevu. He presented to a medical facility in severe respiratory distress. A medical team retrieved him from the facility and on the way to the CWM Hospital, his condition worsened. He sadly died before reaching the CWM Hospital on 1st August. His family reported that he was experiencing shortness of breath one week prior to his presentation. He was not vaccinated.

The second COVID death is a 78 year old man from Kalabu who died at home on 1st August. He was not vaccinated.

Doctor Fong says the third death is an 85 year old woman from Nasinu who died at home on 2nd August. She received the 1st dose of the vaccine in early August. She did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.

The fourth death is a 67 year old woman from Nabua who died at home on 1st August. She received her 1st dose of the vaccine in mid-July. She did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.

Doctor Fong says the fifth COVID-19 death is a 65 year old man from Sigatoka. He was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Sigatoka Sub-Divisional Hospital. This means that he died at home or on his way to the hospital. He was not vaccinated.

The sixth death is a 48 year old woman from Nabena Village who died at home on 2nd August. Her family reported that she had a cough, fever, shortness of breath and chest pain for one week prior. She was not vaccinated.

The seventh COVID-19 death is a 54 year old man from Cunningham who died at home on 31st July. He was not vaccinated.

There have been 3 more deaths of COVID-19 positive patients. However, their deaths have been classified as non-COVID deaths by their doctors.

Doctors have determined that their deaths were caused by serious pre-existing medical conditions and not COVID-19.

With today’s newly reported deaths, there have now been 261 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 259 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.

The 7 day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths per day is 8.

Fiji has recorded 139 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.

Of the 1220 new cases, 464 cases are from the Western Division and 756 cases are from the Central Division.

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

You can check out the link on our website, fijivillage.

There have been 1113 new recoveries reported since the last update, which means that there are now 22,689 active cases.

18,506 active cases are in the Central Division and 4,183 in the West.

There have been 32,663 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.

Fiji has recorded a total of 32,733 cases in Fiji since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 9,644 recoveries.


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

Increasing number of people with severe disease, and deaths in the West
By Vijay Narayan
Tuesday 03/08/2021
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong [Image: File Photo]

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.



83.7% of the target population have received at least one dose of COVID vaccine and 25.9% are now fully vaccinated

By Vijay Narayan
Tuesday 03/08/2021

491,056 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the COVID vaccine and 151,866 have received their second doses.

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says this means that 83.7 percent of the target population have received at least one dose and 25.9 percent are now fully vaccinated nationwide.

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Please ensure you get your second dose when it falls due.

The second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine should be taken 8 weeks after the first dose and the second dose of the Moderna vaccine should be taken 28 days after the first dose.

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