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There are 11 new COVID-19 deaths from August 13th to August 15th.

Five deaths are from the Central Division and 6 deaths are from the Western Division.

The first COVID-19 death is an 85-year-old man from Naitasiri who died at home on 13th August. He was not vaccinated.

The second COVID-19 death is an 83-year-old woman from Naitasiri who died at home on 13th August. She was not vaccinated.

The third COVID-19 death is an 82-year-old man from Sigatoka. He was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Sigatoka Hospital.

This means that he died on his way to the hospital or at home on 15th August. He was not vaccinated.

The fourth COVID-19 death is a 68-year-old man from Suva.

He presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress and died one day after admission on 15th August. He was not vaccinated.

The fifth COVID-19 death is a 57-year-old woman from Tailevu who died at home on 15th August. She was not vaccinated.

The sixth COVID-19 death s a 68-year-old woman from Tailevu who died at home on 15th August.

She received the 1st dose of the vaccine in early July. She did not receive the second dose of the vaccine. This means that she was not fully vaccinated.

The seventh COVID-19 death is a 79-year-old man from Rakiraki who died at home on 15th August. He was not vaccinated.

The eighth COVID-19 death is a 72-year-old woman from Tavua.

She presented to the Tavua Sub-Divisional Hospital on Sunday 15th August with a fever, cough and shortness of breath.

Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says sadly, this woman died a few hours later in the early hours of Monday 16th August.

He says the woman received the first dose of the vaccine in early June and she received the second dose of the vaccine on 5th August.

Doctor Fong says this woman got sick with COVID-19 less than 2 weeks after receiving the second dose therefore she was not fully vaccinated when she got infected with the virus.

A person must have two doses of the vaccine and wait at least two weeks after the second dose to be considered fully vaccinated and to get the full protective effect of the vaccine.

The ninth COVID-19 death is a 72-year-old man from Tavua. He presented to the Tavua Hospital in severe respiratory distress. He died on the same day on 14th August. He was not vaccinated.

The tenth COVID-19 death is an 86 year old man from Tavua. He presented to the Tavua Hospital in severe respiratory distress. He died on the same day on 13th August and was not vaccinated.

The eleventh COVID-19 death is an 88-year-old man from Lautoka who died at home on the same day on 15th August. He received the first dose of the vaccine in late July. He did not receive the second dose of the vaccine. This means that he was not fully vaccinated.

With these newly reported deaths, there have now been 405 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji.

403 of these deaths have been recorded during the outbreak that started in April this year.

The national 7 day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths per day is 9.

The 7 day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths in the Central Division is 4 and in the Western Division is 5.

Fiji has recorded 223 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.

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