### [2021-08-10](/feed/2021/08/10/index.md)

##### COVID-19 pandemic
# Fiji surpasses 300 deaths from COVID-19. Fiji is the hardest-hit country in Oceania by the disease and is second in number of cases in the region below the U.S. state of Hawaii. 

A woman who recently gave birth is among 18 people that have died from Covid-19 in Fiji.


### Sources:

1. [RNZ](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/448842/covid-19-in-fiji-18-more-deaths-603-new-cases-confirmed) [Image](https://www.rnz.co.nz/assets/news_crops/125385/eight_col_unnamed.jpg?1624958417)

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