Fiji’s Ministry of Health and Medical Services has reported 12 new cases of positive COVID-19 infection since the last update was announced last Friday (November 26).
Ministry permanent secretary Dr James Fong said four of the new cases were recorded on November 27 and eight reported on November 28.
Dr Fong said overall, for this second wave, there had been 52,436 cases recorded, with 71 per cent of the cases from the Central Division, 28 per cent of the cases from the Western Division, and 1 per cent of the cases from the Eastern and Northern divisions.
No COVID death was reported.
There have been a total of 696 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 694 of those deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.
The ministry has also recorded 604 COVID-19 positive patients who died from serious medical conditions they had before they contracted COVID-19.
