This evening the country’s Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr James Fong said the woman from the recent Makoi cluster, was entered into intensive care after her condition began rapidly deteriorating.
“Despite the best efforts of her attending physicians, she has passed away.”
The case is Fiji’s second reported death from COVID-19 due to this outbreak.
Among the new cases reported are three staff of the Fiji Centre for Disease Control.
Dr Fong said the three staff who have tested positive for the virus have been transferred to isolation facilities.
