SUVA, Jul 11 (NNN-PIN) – Fiji’s Permanent Secretary for Health, James Fong, confirmed yesterday that, 506 new cases of COVID-19 and one COVID death had been reported in the last 24-hour period.
Fong said the new death is a 55-year-old Suva woman. A ministry response team attended to her at a medical facility, and transferred her to the Colonial War Memorial Hospital, after she reported having severe symptoms of COVID-19.
A total of 52 deaths related to COVID-19 have now been reported in Fiji, with 50 of them taking place during the outbreak that started in Apr this year.
Another 179 new recoveries were reported since the last update, which means that there are now 8,256 active cases.
Fiji recorded a total of 10,027 cases since the first case was reported in Mar, 2020, with 1,697 recoveries.
A total of 192,536 samples have been tested since the latest outbreak started in Apr, with 235,397 tested since testing began in early 2020.
The national seven-day average daily test positivity is 16.8 percent and is currently on an upward trend.– NNN-PIN
