There are now 42 deaths in Fiji due to COVID-19.
Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary Dr James Fong Health reported this after he announced 791 new cases and three deaths in the last 24-hour period ending at 8am today.
Dr Fong said 40 of these deaths were recorded during the outbreak that started in April this year.
“We also have recorded 19 COVID-19 positive patients who died from the serious medical conditions that they had before they contracted COVID-19,” Dr Fong said.
He said there have been three 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,” Dr Fong said.
At a glance as at July 7, 2021:
- 37 new recoveries reported since the last update
- 6,524 active cases in isolation
- 7,870 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021
- 7,940 cases in Fiji since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 1,355 recoveries.
Source: Ministry of Health PS Dr James Fong, COVID-19 Update (July 7/2021)
