SUVA, Aug 1 (NNN-PIN) – Fiji reported 1,121 new COVID-19 cases for the last 24 hours, and six more deaths from Thursday to Friday, according to health officials, yesterday.
Permanent Secretary for Health, James Fong, said, 241 cases were from the Western side of Viti Levu, and 880 cases from four provinces on the central side of the main island.
With 21,707 active cases now, the country has recorded a total of 29,781 cases and 7,705 recoveries. There have been 238 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, and the seven-day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths per day is eight.
There are currently 294 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital, with 56 of them in severe condition and 11 in critical condition.
Fong said, a total of 6,289 individuals were screened and 655 swabbed at the stationary screening clinics in the last 24 hours.
A total of 270,052 samples have been tested since the outbreak started in Apr, 2021, with 312,913 tested, since testing began in Mar, 2020.
The country has imposed a curfew from 6:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. local time, to reduce the unnecessary movement of people.– NNN-PIN
