121 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed while cases in Suva, Lami, Nausori and Nadi are being investigated.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says a new cluster has been identified within the Rewa Emergency Operations Centre, possibly linked to the Vunimono cluster.
There are 2 new cases for this cluster.
A new cluster is also at the Town House Hotel in Suva where CWM Hospital and Incident Management Team staff are being accommodated.
Doctor Fong says there are 19 cases within this cluster, likely linked to the CWM Hospital or IMT clusters.
11 cases have been identified as primary contacts of earlier cases, and the respective response teams are determining the cluster link.
He says cases at Nasevou St – Lami, Nakoba St – Lami, Delainavesi – Lami, Qauia St – Lami, Naituni - Rewa, Qima Settlement – Nadi, Feeder Rd, Tacirua, Wainivula Rd, Cunningham Stage 4, Naduru Rd, Ura Place, Toorak, Freshet, Makoi, Bau St Nausori, Toga, Nausori, Nabitu, Nausori are also under investigation.
Doctor Fong says 61 cases are linked to existing clusters.
There is 1 case from the Korovou cluster, 8 cases from the Incident Management Team cluster, 26 cases from the CWM Hospital cluster, 5 cases from the Tramline, Nawaka, Nadi cluster, 1 case from the Nawajikuma, Nawaka, Nadi cluster, 1 from the Kinoya cluster, 1 from the Navosai cluster, 4 from the Sakoca cluster, 3 from Naitasiri, 4 from the Wailoku cluster, 4 from the Nasinu Police Barracks cluster and 3 from the Navy cluster.
21 COVID-19 cases have recovered, which means there are now 1,043 active cases in isolation.
There have been 1,373 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.
Fiji has recorded a total of 1,443 cases since the first case was reported in March 2020.
There have been 388 recoveries and 5 deaths due to COVID-19.
A total of 7 COVID-19 positive patients have died from pre-existing non-COVID-19 related illnesses.
117,221 samples have been tested since this outbreak started in April 2021, with 160,082 tested since testing began in early 2020.
