COVID-19 Fiji: 290 new cases as death toll exceeds 500

Twenty-five new coronavirus infections reported in Kadavu are among 290 cases reported overnight during which eight deaths were also confirmed, as Fiji’s death toll exceeds 500.

The new cases in Kadavu take total cases on the island to 257, whilst the eight new deaths – seven of which reported in the western division, means 504 people have died from the virus since 2020, 502 of them died in the outbreak that started in April.

Of the new cases, 128 are from the western division and 137 from the central division.

There have been 2,306 new recoveries since the last update, which means that there are now 17,124 active cases, 6,182 of them are in the central division, 10,680 in the western division, five in the northern division (Nabouwalu and Macuata), and 257 active cases in Kadavu. There have been 46,936 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021, totalling 47,006 cases in Fiji since the first case was reported in March 2020. There have also been 29,067 recoveries.

Deaths

• COVID-19 Death (27-1 September – seven from the western division and one from the central division)
  • 27 August
    • Female, 46, Sigatoka
      • Partially vaccinated having received the first dose in late July.
      • Died at Korolev Health Centre
  • 30 August
    • Male, 87, Suva
      • Unvaccinated
      • Presented to CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress. Died nine days after admission.
    • Male, 56, Tavua
      • Partially vaccinated, having received first dose in mid-July.
      • Presented to the Tavua Hospital in severe respiratory distress. He died eight days after admission.
    • Male 67, Tavua
      • Unvaccinated
      • Presented to Tavia Hospital. Transferred to Lautoka Hospital, where died later the same day.
    • Male 65, Nadi
      • Partially vaccinated, having received the first dose in late July
      • Died at home
    • Male, 78, Ba
      • Unvaccinated
      • Died at home
  • 31 August
    • Female, 71, Lautoka
    • Partially vaccinated having received the first dose in early June.
    • Presented to the Lautoka Hospital in severe respiratory distress. She died 11 days after.
  • 1 September
    • Female, 76, Nadi
    • Unvaccinated
    • Die at home

There have now been 504 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 502 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year. As of 27 August 27, the national 7-day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths per day is six. The 7-day rolling average for COVID-19 deaths per day in the Central Division is 2 and in the Western Division, four.

NON-COVID-19 Deaths

There have also been 311 other COVID-19 positive patients who have died during the April outbreak after three more were recorded during the reporting period.