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5 unvaccinated people have died due to COVID-19 between 16th July to 8th September 2021. One death was reported from the Western Division and four deaths were reported from the Central Division.
Their ages were between 62 to 83 years.
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says the death for the month of July, was being reported yesterday due to the delay in the issuance of the official death certificate.
The first COVID-19 death is an 80-year-old man from Sigatoka. He presented to the Sigatoka Hospital in severe respiratory distress on the 6th of September and passed away on the same day. He was not vaccinated.
The second COVID-19 death is a 70-year-old man from Beqa Island who died at home on 8th September. He was not vaccinated.
The third COVID-19 death is a 62 year old man from Navua. He was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Navua Hospital on 4th September. This means that he died on his way to the hospital or at home. He was not vaccinated.
The fourth COVID-19 death is a 79-year-old man from Suva who died at home on 16th July. He was not vaccinated. This was being reported yesterday due to a delay in the issuance of the original death certificate.
The fifth COVID-19 death is an 83-year-old man from Navua who died at home on 7th September. He was not vaccinated.
Dr Fong also says they have two further adjustments to previously reported deaths.
He says the age of the baby whose death was reported on Wednesday was actually 2 and a half months old which makes him the youngest victim.
Dr Fong further says the reported death of the case who drowned in Yaqeta is considered to have been a historical case, however out of an abundance of caution, they will be sending a team to conduct some community surveillance tests in Yaqeta.
There have been 6 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.
There have now been 533 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 531 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.
The 7 day rolling average for COVID-19 deaths per day in the Central Division is 1 and in the Western Division is 3.
