COVID-19 UPDATES – Ministry of Health & Medical Services

Last Updated on August 3, 2020 at 4:45 pm

Laboratory testing for COVID-19 in Fiji began on 28 January 2020 with samples shipped to the WHO collaborating center reference laboratory – the Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory (VIDRL) at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne, Australia. Local testing for COVID-19 started at the Fiji Centre for Disease Control (Fiji CDC) on 11 March 2020 using the gold standard method for COVID-19 testing – realtime RT-PCR. Samples are sent from health facilities around the country to Fiji CDC for testing.

Fiji: COVID-19 tests per day and cumulative

Date	Tests per day	Cumulative
30-Jan	3	3
07-Feb	2	5
08-Feb	1	6
13-Feb	2	8
20-Feb	2	10
04-Mar	1	11
05-Mar	5	16
12-Mar	11	27
13-Mar	10	37
14-Mar	9	46
16-Mar	8	54
17-Mar	5	59
18-Mar	12	71
19-Mar	8	79
20-Mar	23	102
21-Mar	28	130
23-Mar	16	146
24-Mar	33	179
25-Mar	28	207
26-Mar	39	246
27-Mar	61	307
28-Mar	23	330
29-Mar	16	346
30-Mar	10	356
31-Mar	11	367
01-Apr	17	384
02-Apr	24	408
04-Apr	37	445
05-Apr	44	489
06-Apr	23	512
07-Apr	25	537
08-Apr	29	566
09-Apr	25	591
10-Apr	21	612
11-Apr	9	621
12-Apr	1	622
13-Apr	27	649
14-Apr	12	661
16-Apr	23	684
17-Apr	21	705
18-Apr	40	745
19-Apr	38	783
20-Apr	24	807
21-Apr	22	829
22-Apr	68	897
23-Apr	54	951
24-Apr	2	953
25-Apr	60	1013
27-Apr	47	1060
28-Apr	30	1090
29-Apr	33	1123
30-Apr	37	1160
01-May	41	1201
02-May	47	1248
03-May	78	1326
05-May	39	1365
06-May	29	1394
07-May	43	1437
08-May	52	1489
09-May	43	1532
10-May	67	1599
12-May	33	1632
13-May	67	1699
14-May	76	1775
15-May	87	1862
16-May	74	1936
18-May	55	1991
19-May	78	2069
20-May	68	2137
21-May	56	2193
22-May	66	2259
23-May	104	2363
24-May	4	2367
25-May	64	2431
26-May	53	2484
27-May	111	2595
28-May	78	2673
29-May	150	2823
30-May	77	2900
31-May	61	2961
02-Jun	80	3041
03-Jun	88	3129
04-Jun	66	3195
05-Jun	113	3308
06-Jun	92	3400
07-Jun	232	3632
08-Jun	97	3729
09-Jun	81	3810
10-Jun	129	3939
12-Jun	65	4004
13-Jun	102	4106
14-Jun	20	4126
15-Jun	43	4169
16-Jun	39	4208
18-Jun	97	4305
19-Jun	120	4425
20-Jun	26	4451
22-Jun	78	4529
23-Jun	55	4584
24-Jun	50	4634
25-Jun	151	4785
26-Jun	31	4816
27-Jun	11	4827
28-Jun	26	4853
29-Jun	162	5015
30-Jun	45	5060
01-Jul	45	5105
02-Jul	51	5156
03-Jul	86	5242
04-Jul	26	5268
05-Jul	43	5311
07-Jul	60	5371
08-Jul	115	5486
09-Jul	135	5621
10-Jul	3	5264
11-Jul	216	5840
12-Jul	97	5937
13-Jul	20	5957
14-Jul	151	6108
16-Jul	220	6328
17-Jul	38	6366
18-Jul	22	6388
19-Jul	13	6401
20-Jul	13	6414
21-Jul	40	6454
22-Jul	81	6535
23-Jul	49	6584
24-Jul	55	6639
25-Jul	29	6668
26-Jul	25	6693
27-Jul	26	6719
28-Jul	37	6756
29-Jul	129	6885
30-Jul	39	6924
31-Jul	12	6936
01-Aug	1	6937
03-Aug	59	6996

Fiji: COVID-19 tests per week and cumulative

Week	Number of tests	Cumulative
Dec 30-Jan 5	0	0
Jan 6-Jan 12	0	0
Jan 13-Jan 19	0	0
Jan 20-Jan 26	0	0
Jan 27-Feb 2	3	3
Feb 3-Feb 9	3	6
Feb 10-Feb 16	2	8
Feb 17- Feb 23	2	10
Feb 24- Mar 1	0	10
Mar 2-Mar 8	6	16
Mar 9-Mar 15	30	46
Mar 16-Mar 22	84	130
Mar 23-Mar 29	216	346
Mar 30-Apr 5	143	489
Apr 6-Apr 12	133	622
Apr 13-Apr19	161	783
Apr 20-Apr 26	230	1013
Apr 27-May 3	313	1326
May 4-May 10	273	1599
May 11-May 17	337	1936
May 18-May 24	431	2367
May 25-May 31	594	2961
June 1-June 7	671	3632
June 8-June 14	494	4126
June 15-June 21	325	4451
June 22-June 28	402	4853
June 29-July 05	458	5311
July 6-July 12	626	5937
July 13-July 19	464	6401
July 20-July 26	292	6693
July 27-Aug 2	244	6937