Outer islands

Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni confirmed this at a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ conference room at the St George Building in Nuku’alofa.

“But the good news is there are no cases admitted at any Ministry of Health facility and there have been no serious cases reported.”

The Minister for Health, Dr Saia Piukala confirmed in a statement that there were new cases reported in the last week.

Dr Piukala also confirmed there were 31 new cases at the Hu’atolitoli Prison who are now in managed isolation at the prison.

The new cases were among the 1043 infections confirmed by the ministry on Sunday.

Over 14-thousand positive people are in isolation in the western and central divisions.

Health Secretary James Fong said the five patients are being isolated at the Levuka Hospital.

He said three of them were recorded on Ovalau while the other two on Gau.

He said the ministry is working with the Lomaiviti Provincial Council to monitor the situation on both islands.