A 71-year-old woman from Nausori has passed away due to COVID-19.
Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says she presented to the CWM Hospital in severe respiratory distress.
Dr Fong says she passed away on Wednesday. She 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. The doctors have determined that these deaths were caused by a serious pre-existing medical condition and not COVID-19.
Fiji has now had 505 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 503 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.
Dr Fong says as of August 28th, the national 7 day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths per day is 5.
The 7 day rolling average for COVID-19 deaths per day in the Central Division is 1 and in the Western Division is 4.
There are currently 241 COVID-19 patients admitted in the hospital.
Dr Fong says 15 patients are considered to be in severe condition, and 14 are in critical condition.
