The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has reported 93 new cases of COVID-19 for the 24-hour period that ended at 8am today.
There have been 64 new recoveries to report since the last update, which means that there are now 12,999 active cases. There have been 50,470 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.
Ministry’s permanent secretary Dr James Fong said they have recorded a total of 50,540 cases in Fiji since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 36,524 recoveries.
Dr Fong added one new COVID-19 death was recorded from the Central Division.
The COVID-19 death to report is a 73-year-old woman from Suva who died at home on 22/09/2021. She was not vaccinated.
There have been 8 more deaths of COVID-19 positive patients. However, these deaths have been classified as non-COVID deaths by their doctors. The doctors have determined that these deaths were caused by a serious pre-existing medical condition and not COVID-19.
