Photo: AFP
According to the Health Ministry, five of the new cases are contacts of those in isolation at quarantine facilities in Nadi.
The rest of the cases are from the Suva-Nausori containment zone.
Health Secretary James Fong said a 66-year-old woman from Valelevu was declared dead on arrival by doctors at the emergency department of the Colonial War Memorial Hospital.
He said she had died at home or on the way to the hospital. Her family reported that she had been feeling unwell at home for a few days. She was not vaccinated.
Dr Fong said the second death was reported yesterday as being under investigation to determine if the cause of death was covid-related.
Fiji now has 4,496 active COVID-19 cases in isolation and 27 deaths from the deadly virus
We are also sadly seeing people with severe disease die at home or on the way to hospital - Dr Fong
Fiji now has 4,496 active COVID-19 cases in isolation and 27 deaths from the deadly virus
We are also sadly seeing people with severe disease die at home or on the way to hospital - Dr Fong
[Image: Ministry of Health and Medical Services COVID-19 Dashboard]
Fiji now has 4,496 active COVID-19 cases in isolation and 27 deaths from the deadly virus.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong confirms there are 386 new cases of COVID-19 and 2 COVID-19 deaths to report for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am today.
Picture: FILE.
Rakiraki Police Station was cordoned off yesterday with a number of officers ordered to self-isolate.
A temporary tent has been set up outside the station where members of the public are attended to.
Divisional Police Commander West, Senior Superintendent Pita Keni told this newspaper he was aware of the situation in Rakiraki.
“All these are precautionary measures,” he said. “This is being done in all stations around Fiji.”
Officers from the Rakiraki station who had been told to self-isolate were believed to be primary contacts of Fiji Corrections Service officers who tested positive for COVID-19.
The FCS officers arrived in Rakiraki last Saturday with a group of inmates sent to the district to cut cane.