This followed Thursday's announcement of 10 additional deaths over the past week.
Deputy leader of the opposition in Fiji and NFP president Biman Prasad said it was a tragedy and there was an urgent need to change strategy.
“It's a complete failure of leadership that we are seeing at the moment. The mood here is quite sombre, quite anxious. The people are fearful that there is a lot of uncertainty,” he said.
“People are calling for a lockdown. People are calling for a change in the strategy to control this spread of the virus.”
Red Cross
The Fijian government's handling of the pandemic is coming under fire amid calls for a lockdown.