COVID-19 Fiji: New cases total 241 and one death; new areas of interest identified

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Fiji has reported 241 new cases of COVID-19 infections and one death in the 24-hour period ending at 8am yesterday (June 28).

Ministry of Health permanent secretary Dr James Fong says 5 cases are prison officers from Suva who are undergoing 14 days quarantine at the FSC Compound in Rakiraki as part of essential movement from red zone to green zone when they tested positive.

The remaining cases are from the Lami-Suva-Nausori containment zone.

He says there are 106 cases from existing areas of interest, and 17 from the following new areas of interest:

  • Fiji Times
  • Food City Suva
  • Matanisivoro Settlement
  • National Kidney Centre-Nadera
  • Suva City Council, and
  • Tamavua-i-Wai.

“The remaining cases are contacts of known cases, cases that were seen in screening clinics and were swabbed, and cases under investigation to determine possible sources of transmission,” Dr Fong said in his COVID-19 update yesterday evening.

He said the new COVID-19 death was a 50-year-old man from Newtown – believed to have died at home and was declared dead on arrival by doctors at the Valelevu Health Centre.

“He was reported to be in severe respiratory distress before death. According to protocol, he was swabbed at the health centre, and tested positive. His death has been classified as a COVID-19 death by the doctors at the health centre. He had received the first dose of the vaccine early this month. He was not fully vaccinated.”

Dr Fong said another death that was previously reported to be under investigation had also now been classified by doctors as as a COVID-19 death.

He said the 62-year-old man from Grantham Rd had presented to the FEMAT field hospital in respiratory distress and died on the same day.

“He had been having respiratory symptoms, including shortness of breath, for at least a week before presenting to FEMAT. According to protocol, he was swabbed and tested positive for COVID-19. He was not vaccinated.”

 Some quick stats as at June 28, 2021:

  • 241 new COVID-19 cases
  • 17 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji;
  • 15 deaths during the outbreak that started in April 2021;
  • 1 death is still under investigation to determine if it was caused by COVID-19;
  • 8 COVID-19 positive patients died from the pre-existing non-COVID-19 related illnesses that they had been receiving treatment for at the CWM Hospital;
  • 21 COVID-19 patients with severe illness admitted at CWM Hospital;
  • 26 new recoveries reported since the last update;
  • 3027 active cases in isolation;
  • 3726 cases recorded during the outbreak that started in April 2021;
  • 3832 cases recorded in Fiji since the first case was reported in March 2020; and
  • 779 recoveries.

Source: Ministry of Health PS Dr James Fong, COVID-19 Update (June 28/2021)

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