Fiji has recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases as Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has confirmed 46 new cases that are all from the Central Division.
Doctor Fong says 43 of these cases are linked to existing clusters that were under investigation and detected through contact tracing and targeted screening.
28 cases are from Nadali in Nausori, 3 are from Navosai in Narere and are linked to the Narere funeral cluster, 2 are from Muanikoso, 9 from the navy cluster - (8 from Kinoya and 1 from Nadonumai in Lami), and 1 case is from the Samabula funeral cluster.
This means there is now a confirmed case in the Lami Containment Zone as Nadonumai is past the Tamavua-i-Wai Bridge.
Doctor Fong says 3 new cases are currently not linked to other cases and are under investigation.
He says the Nadali community is now on day 29 of lockdown while Muanikoso is on day 6.
It has also been confirmed that 2 of the active cases are now in the Intensive Care Unit at CWM Hospital in Suva.
The Permanent Secretary also says there has been a very significant increase in daily cases reported from the Suva-Nausori area.
He says it is important to note that the majority of these cases have been found as a result of their extensive contact tracing effort and are linked to known clusters.
Doctor Fong says this increase was not unexpected, but it should serve to show how easily this virus is transmitted and why restrictions are in place.
They also expect the number of cases to rise because they are testing aggressively in areas where they know the virus is spreading.
Meanwhile, 2 patients have recovered, which means there are now 195 active cases.
Fiji has had 360 cases in total since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 161 recoveries and 4 deaths.
