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512, 282 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the COVID vaccine and 178,606 have received their second doses.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says this means that 87.3% of the target population have received at least one dose and 30.4% are now fully vaccinated nationwide.
Doctor Fong also confirms 3 new COVID-19 deaths from 6th to 7th August.
All three deaths were reported from the Central Division.
The first COVID-19 death is an 86 year old woman from Newtown who died at home on 6th August. She was not vaccinated.
The second death is a 73-year-old woman from Kinoya who died at home on 6th August. She was not vaccinated.
The third death is a 71-year-old man from Cunningham who died at home on 7th August. He was not vaccinated.
With today’s newly reported deaths, there have now been 299 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 297 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.
The 7 day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths per day is 6.
Fiji has also recorded 158 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.
