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Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong confirms there are 12 new COVID-19 deaths for the period of 13th July to 19th July while there are 1,054 new cases for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday.
Doctor Fong says the first death is a 70-year-old woman from Tamavua. She presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress. Her family reported that she was feeling unwell with COVID-19 symptoms at home for four days. Her condition worsened at the hospital and she died on the same day on 14th July. She was not vaccinated.
The second COVID-19 death is a 53-year-old woman from Nasinu. She presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress. Her family reported that she was unwell with a fever and cough for one week. She died on the same day in hospital on 13th July. She was not vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says the third death is a 60-year-old man from Suva who died at home on 18th July. He was not vaccinated.
The fourth COVID-19 death is a 60-year-old man from Suva. He presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress. His condition worsened in the hospital and he died 1 day after admission on 19th July. He was not vaccinated.
The fifth COVID-19 death is a 72-year-old woman from Nakasi who died at home on 18th July. She was not vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says the sixth COVID-19 death is a 69-year-old man from Valelevu who died at home on 18th July. He was not vaccinated.
The seventh death is a 74-year-old woman from Narere. She presented to a medical facility in severe respiratory distress. She was retrieved by a medical team to the CWM Hospital. Her condition worsened in the hospital and she died 5 days after admission on 18th July. She was not vaccinated.
The eighth COVID-19 death is a 92-year-old man from Wailoku who died at home on 19th July. He was not vaccinated.
The ninth death is an 87-year-old woman from Tacirua who died at home on 19th July. She was not vaccinated.
Doctor Fong says the tenth COVID-19 death is an 81-year-old man from Waila who died at home on 19th July. He was not vaccinated.
The eleventh COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old man from Nasinu.
He presented to a medical facility in severe respiratory distress.
He was retrieved by a medical team to the CWM Hospital.
His condition worsened in the hospital and he died 1 day after admission on 19th July. He was not vaccinated.
The twelfth COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old woman from Kinoya who died at home on 19th July. She received her first dose of the vaccine in mid-May. She did not receive the 2nd dose of the vaccine. This means that she was not fully vaccinated.
There have been 3 more deaths of COVID-19 positive patients. However, their deaths have been classified as non-COVID deaths by their doctors.
Doctors have determined that these deaths were caused by serious pre-existing medical conditions and not COVID-19.
There have now been 125 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 123 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.
The Health Ministry has also recorded 51 COVID-19 positive patients who died from the serious medical conditions that they had before they contracted COVID-19; these are not classified as COVID-19 deaths.
There have been 343 new recoveries reported since the last update, which means that there are now 14,943 active cases.
There have been 19,282 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.
Fiji has recorded a total of 19,352 cases since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 4,233 recoveries.
There are 30 more deaths currently under investigation. These will be discussed once investigations (including test results) and classifications are complete.
A full breakdown of areas of interest has been published online on the Ministry’s COVID-19 dashboard.
