Kiribati has announced its first Covid-19 death and 207 new cases in the community.
There are now almost 2,000 positive infections, with more than 50 percent of those recorded in the last five days.
The Ministry of Health said the victim was an 80-year-old woman who had been hospitalised at an isolation centre.
The ministry said the woman had only received the first dose of her Covid-19 vaccination.
Another woman, who is over 60-years-old, has been admitted and is being monitored at the Bikenibeu Isolation Centre.
The government is advising people to 2take extra care and look after their elderly parents and relatives.”
SOURCE: RNZ PACIFIC/ PACNEWS
