Three new COVID deaths have been reported for the 24 hour period that ended at 8 am yesterday.

The first COVID-19 death is a 54-year old-man from Naikurukuru, Lami.

The man was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital Emergency Department.

Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr James Fong says the man’s family reported he had been unwell for at least a week with fever, headache and generalized weakness and was not vaccinated.

The second COVID-19 death is of a 62-year-old woman from Davuilevu, Nausori who died at home.

Doctor Fong says her family reported that she had fever, weakness and a reduced appetite for at least three days. She was also not vaccinated.

The PS says the third COVID-19 death yesterday was of a 60-year-old woman, from Vatuwaqa, Suva.

She presented to the FEMAT field hospital in Suva in severe respiratory distress and died on the same day. She was not vaccinated.

There have been two more deaths of COVID-19 positive patients.

However, Dr Fong clarifies these two deaths have been classified as non-COVID by the doctors as they had pre-existing medical conditions.

Fiji has recorded a total of 33 deaths due to COVID-19, with 31 of these deaths during the current outbreak that started in April.

15 COVID-19 positive patients have also died from the serious medical conditions that they had before they contracted the virus.

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