Covid 19 coronavirus: Fiji records six deaths, 636 new cases in 24 hours

7,079 cases and 37 COVID deaths recorded during the outbreak that started in April 2021

Fiji has reported 636 cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours - a record number of daily infections.

The Health Ministry also confirmed six more deaths due to the Delta variant of the virus, bringing the toll to 39.

Three of the victims were partly vaccinated, while the rest were unvaccinated and died either at home or on the way to a health centre.

Fiji continues to register new daily record number of COVID-19 cases as Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has announced 636 new cases of COVID-19 and 6 COVID-19 deaths for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday.

There have been 31 new recoveries reported since the last update, which means that there are now 5,776 active cases in isolation.