SUVA– Fiji’s Ministry of Health recorded 200 new cases of COVID-19 and no deaths, yesterday.

Fiji’s Permanent Secretary for Health, James Fong, said that, there have been 13 new recoveries since the last update, which means that there are now 16,537 active cases.

Fiji recorded a total of 47,709 cases since the first case was reported in Mar, 2020, with 30,345 recoveries.

A total of 508 deaths have been registered due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 506 deaths recorded during the outbreak that started in Apr.

Fong said, 566,128 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of vaccine, and 298,834 have received the second dose. This means that 96.5 percent of the target population have received at least one dose and 50.9 percent are now fully vaccinated.

A nationwide curfew had been shortened from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. local time, from yesterday. Previously, the COVID-19 curfew imposed ran from 7:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. local time.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK