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Fiji has recorded 258 new cases of COVID-19 for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday.
152 cases are from the Western Division and 106 cases are from the Central Division.
Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says 1 new COVID-19 case has been confirmed from Somosomo on Naviti Island in the Yasawa Group.
Dr Fong says the person developed severe COVID-19 symptoms and was medically evacuated to Lautoka Hospital.
Fiji currently has 19,130 active cases. 9,175 active cases are in the Central Division, 9,786 active cases in the Western Division, 5 active cases in the Northern Division (Nabouwalu and Macuata) and 164 active cases in the Eastern Division (all in Kadavu).
Dr Fong says there were not any new COVID-19 deaths to report yesterday.
However he says there have been 3 deaths of COVID-19 positive patients and 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.
There have now been 479 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 477 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.
As of August 23rd, the national 7 day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths per day is 7. The 7 day rolling average for COVID-19 deaths per day in the Central Division is 2 and in the Western Division is 5.
Dr Fong says that due to the time required by clinical teams to investigate, classify and report deaths, a 4-day interval is given to calculate the 7 day rolling average of deaths, based on date of death, in order to help ensure the data collected is complete before the average is reported.
