30 Oct 2020

Covid-19 death toll rises in French Polynesia

From , 5:02 am on 30 October 2020

Three more people have died in French Polynesia's Covid-19 pandemic as the total number of confirmed cases to date in the territory surged past 7000

The death toll is now 29. And the number of active cases in the community has risen to 2391.

Walter Zweifel has been covering this outbreak for the outset and began by talking about how the Pacific territory ended up with one of the highest rates of covid-19 infection in the world.

The President of French Polynesia, Edouard Fritch

The President of French Polynesia, Edouard Fritch Photo: AFP