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      <date>2021-08-8</date>
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      <text>The Permanent Secretary of Health James Fong announces that the number of COVID-19 infections are continuing to rise in parts of the country, which began with the second wave during last April. Fiji is now the hardest-hit country in Oceania and is only second in number of infections in territories, being just below the U.S. state of Hawaii. </text>
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      <text>The Permanent Secretary of Health, James Fong, alerts that numbers of COVID-19 infections continue to rise in parts of the country which began with the second wave past April. Fiji is now the hardest-hit Oceanian country and is only second in number of infections in territories just below the U.S. state of Hawaii. </text>
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    <text>The Permanent Secretary of Health James Fong announces that the number of COVID-19 infections are continuing to increases in parts of the country, which began with the second wave in April. Fiji is now the hardest-hit country in Oceania and is only second in the number of infections in the region, with the most cases being reported in the U.S. state of Hawaii. </text>
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      <text>Tunisia reports a record 9,823 new cases and 134 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of confirmed cases to 464,914 and the nationwide death toll to 15,735. </text>
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      <text>Indonesia reports a record for the third consecutive day of 34,379 new cases and a record for the fourth consecutive day of 1,040 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2.37 million and the nationwide death toll to 62,908. </text>
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    <text>Fiji reports a record for the second consecutive day of 791 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of cases to 7,940. The Ministry of Health and Medical Services also reports three deaths from COVID-19, all in Suva. </text>
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      <text>Bangladesh reports a record 11,525 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of confirmed cases to 966,406. </text>
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      <text>Tunisia reports a record 7,930 new cases and 119 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 455,091 and the nationwide death toll to 15,601. </text>
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      <text>Russia reports a record 737 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national death toll to 139,316. </text>
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      <text>Russia reports record 737 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national death toll to 139,316. </text>
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      <text>Bangladesh reports record 11,525 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of confirmed cases to 966,406. </text>
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      <text>Fiji reports record 636 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total to 7,149 cases. The Ministry of Health also reports record six deaths, bringing the nationwide death toll to 39. </text>
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    <text>Fiji reports a record 636 new cases and six deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of cases to 7,149 and the national death toll to 39. </text>
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      <text>Bangladesh reports a record 153 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national death toll to 15,065. </text>
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      <text>Russia reports 25,142 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of new cases since January 2, thereby bringing the national total of confirmed cases to 5.6 million. </text>
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      <text>Fiji reports record 522 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total to 6,161 cases. Fiji has seen a rampant surge in cases since an outbreak past April. The Ministry of Health also reports three deaths, taking the death toll to 30. </text>
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    <text>Fiji reports a record 522 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total to 6,161 cases. Fiji has seen a substantial increase in the number of cases since an outbreak occurred in April. The Ministry of Health and Medical Services also reports three deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 30. </text>
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      <text>The testing positivity rate in Fiji increases to 9.5% amidst a surge in cases since the April outbreak. The country has so far reported 5,253 COVID-19 cases as the opposition National Federation Party condemns the alleged mishandling of the pandemic. </text>
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    <text>The test positivity rate in Fiji increases to 9.5% amid an increase in the number of cases since the April outbreak. The country has so far reported 5,253 COVID-19 cases as the opposition National Federation Party condemns the alleged mishandling of the pandemic. </text>
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      <text>Fiji reports a record 180 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide toll to 2,270. The Ministry of Health also reports two deaths as the disease rapidly spreads across the country. </text>
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    <text>Fiji reports a record 180 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2,270. The Ministry of Health also reports two deaths as the disease rapidly spreads across the country. </text>
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      <text>Vietnam reports a record of 515 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 12,014. </text>
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      <text>Fiji reports a record 121 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, as new clusters are discovered, and thereby bringing the national toll to 1,443. </text>
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      <text>Vietnam reports a record 515 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 12,014. </text>
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    <text>Fiji reports a record 121 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, as new clusters are discovered, thereby bringing the national total to 1,443. </text>
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      <text>Fiji reports 89 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours as the government warns that, due to the Delta variant, first detected in India, the situation is worse than that seen in Australia and New Zealand. Fiji now has a total nationwide cases of 1,118. </text>
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    <text>Fiji reports 89 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours as the government warns that, due to the presence of the Delta variant, which was first detected in India, the situation is worse than that seen in Australia and New Zealand. Fiji has now reported 1,118 cases nationwide. </text>
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      <text>Fiji records its second community transmission case in the daughter of a woman who works at a quarantine facility on the borders and who had tested positive for COVID-19. </text>
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      <text>Fiji records its second community transmission case in the daughter of a woman who works a quarantine facility on the borders and that had tested positive for COVID-19. </text>
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    <text>Fiji records its second community transmission case in the daughter of a woman who works at a quarantine facility and who previously tested positive for COVID-19. </text>
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    <text>The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide surpasses 90 million. </text>
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  <subtext>A woman who recently gave birth is among 18 people that have died from Covid-19 in Fiji.</subtext>
  <text>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. </text>
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