Another confirmed death link to COVID-109

The Ministry of Health has confirmed one more death related to COVID-19 bringing the total number of deaths now to three since the beginning of the community outbreak in Vanuatu.

The new death is a 60-year-old man, who was admitted to the Vila Central Hospital on the 2April 2022. He was reported to have had underlying health conditions and later tested positive with COVID-19.

Vanuatu Situation Report #89 Issued 4 April - Covering 3-4 April 2022

SUMMARY AND DISEASE BURDEN

  • On 04 March 2022, an active COVID-19 case was confirmed at Vila Central Hospital who had no travel history, indicating transmission at community level.
  • On 07 March 2022, Efate and Offshore Islands moved to Alert Level 3: Very High, due to large-scale community transmission. All provinces of Vanuatu are on Alert Level 3 given reports of cases or movement of contacts of cases in the six provinces of Vanuatu.
  • A total of 4527 confirmed cases have been reported since the beginning of 2022.
  • 87 new confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, including 23 on Efate island (Shefa province) and 64 on Santo island (Sanma province). Number of tests conducted has decreased over the reporting period explaining the decrease of cases over the same period.
  • One case was identified among cargo ship crew by teams in Tafea province however the case is considered a border case as it was not locally-acquired in Tafea province. The case has returned to Port Vila on a cargo ship and testing teams are in quarantine
  • One new death has been reported that occurred on 2 April 2022

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Vanuatu Situation Report #88 Issued 3 April - Covering 2-3 April 2022

SUMMARY AND DISEASE BURDEN

  • On 04 March 2022, an active COVID-19 case was confirmed at Vila Central Hospital who had no travel history, indicating transmission at community level.
  • On 07 March 2022, Efate and Offshore Islands moved to Alert Level 3: Very High, due to large-scale community transmission. All provinces of Vanuatu are on Alert Level 3 given reports of cases or movement of contacts of cases in the six provinces of Vanuatu.
  • A total of 4431 confirmed cases have been reported since the beginning of 2022.
  • 324 new confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, including 230 on Efate island (Shefa province) and 94 on Santo island (Sanma province).

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Vanuatu Situation Report #87 Issued 2 April - Covering 1-2 April 2022

SUMMARY AND DISEASE BURDEN

  • On 04 March 2022, an active COVID-19 case was confirmed at Vila Central Hospital who had no travel history, indicating transmission at community level.
  • On 07 March 2022, Efate and Offshore Islands moved to Alert Level 3: Very High, due to large-scale community transmission. All provinces of Vanuatu are on Alert Level 3 given reports of cases or movement of contacts of cases in the six provinces of Vanuatu.
  • A total of 4237 confirmed cases have been reported since the beginning of 2022.
  • 326 new confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, including 219 on Efate island (Shefa province) and 107 on Santo island (Sanma province).

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Vanuatu Situation Report #86 Issued 1 April-Covering 31 March – 1 April 2022

SUMMARY AND DISEASE BURDEN

  • On 04 March 2022, an active COVID-19 case was confirmed at Vila Central Hospital who had no travel history, indicating transmission at community level.
  • On 07 March 2022, Efate and Offshore Islands moved to Alert Level 3: Very High, due to large-scale community transmission. All provinces of Vanuatu are on Alert Level 3 given reports of cases or movement of contacts of cases in the six provinces of Vanuatu.
  • A total of 3881 confirmed cases have been reported since the beginning of 2022.
  • 167 new confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, including 135 on Efate island (Shefa province) and 32 Santo island (Sanma province) **Discrepancies with data reports may result from lags in data entry and reporting at a national and provincial level**

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