Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has announced 6 new COVID-19 deaths from the 16th to the 22nd of August, and this includes a 20-year-old woman.
Three deaths were reported from the Central Division and three deaths were reported from the Western Division.
Doctor Fong says the 20-year-old woman from Rakiraki died at home on 16th August. She received the first dose of the vaccine in mid-July. She did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.
The second COVID-19 death is a 72-year-old man from Tailevu who died at home on 21st August. He received the first dose of the vaccine in mid-July. He did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.
The third death is a 44-year-old man from Tailevu. He presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress. He died 3 days after admission on 22nd August. He was not vaccinated.
The fourth COVID-19 death is a 50-year-old woman from Tailevu who died at home on 20th August. She presented to the Lautoka Hospital in severe respiratory distress. She was not vaccinated.
The fifth death is a 72-year-old woman from Rakiraki who died at home on 21st August. She received the first dose of the vaccine in mid-August. She did not receive the second dose of the vaccine.
The sixth COVID-19 death is a 71-year-old man from Rakiraki who died at home on 22nd August. He was not vaccinated.
There have been 4 more deaths of COVID-19 positive patients. However, these deaths have been classified as non-COVID deaths by their doctors.
Doctors have determined that their deaths were caused by serious pre-existing medical conditions and not COVID-19.
With today’s newly reported deaths, there have now been 444 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 442 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.
As of August 18th, the national 7 day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths per day is 8.
The 7 day rolling average for COVID-19 deaths per day is 2 in the Central Division 6 in the Western Division.
We also have recorded 257 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 are currently 279 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital.
110 patients are admitted at the Lautoka Hospital, 39 patients are admitted at the FEMAT Field Hospital, and 130 admitted at CWM Hospital, St Giles, and Makoi.
26 patients are considered to be in severe condition and 14 are in critical condition.
