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Fiji has recorded 290 new cases of COVID-19.
128 cases are from the Western Division, 137 cases are from the Central Division and 25 cases are from Kadavu.
Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says this means there are now 257 active cases of COVID-19 in Kadavu. All these individuals have been isolated.
Dr Fong says the health team with the support of the community engagement teams are continuing their work in accessing all villages and communities in Kadavu.
Dr Fong further says given the clear evidence of community transmission on the island, they anticipate that the number of cases will escalate further, together with the risk of severe disease and death.
He adds the ongoing surveillance and testing on Naviti Island have identified ten more cases of COVID-19 with positive cases now noted in Somosomo Village, Nasoqo Settlement, Kese Village, and Muaira Village.
Dr Fong also says Gunu Village has also been identified as high risk and as such with the facilitation of the Assistant Roko for Yasawa, a health team will visit Gunu Village today and conduct assessment and testing for contacts and symptomatic cases.
He adds the tests will need to be run at Lautoka Hospital to confirm the number of cases of COVID-19 in the village.
Dr Fong highlighted that in the coming days, a whole-of-Government community engagement and response team is also planned to visit the villages and settlements in Naviti and Viwa Island to conduct surveillance and testing, awareness sessions, and attend to immediate health and social needs that will be identified during the visit.
Dr Fong says while the two index cases at Cobi Village in Malolo Island have recovered and cleared by the Health team, there are still 22 active cases in Vunibaka and 5 active cases in Solevu Village.
He says surveillance and testing continue at Vunibaka Settlement and Solevu village and movement restriction remains in force for the whole island.
There are now 27 active cases in Malolo, all of whom are linked to the 2 index cases.
There have been 2,306 new recoveries to report since the last update, which means that there are now 17,124 active cases. 6,182 active cases are in the Central Division, 10,680 active cases in the Western Division, 5 active cases in the Northern Division (Nabouwalu and Macuata) and 257 active cases in Kadavu.
There have been 46,936 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021. We have recorded a total of 47,006 cases in Fiji since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 29,067 recoveries.
