The Ministry of Health confirmed 172 new community cases as at 2pm Wednesday, 30 th March 2022. The
number of community cases recorded since 17 th March 2022 now stands at 1,665 of which 1,353 are active
community cases. Approximately 97 percent of community cases are in Upolu with the remaining 3 percent
in Savaii. There are still no community cases recorded for the islands of Manono and Apolima Tai.
According to the Ministry, the prevalence of Covid-19 infection is significantly higher among those aged
from 15 to 35. However, data also shows an increasing rate of infection among those between the ages of 35
and 55. The Ministry of Health confirmed 18,805 RATs have been administered to date since the first case
was detected.
Samoa has administered in total 331,987 doses of COVID vaccines so far. This includes 36,682 doses of the
Pfizer vaccine for those aged 5 to 11 years; 48, 231 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for the 12 to 17 year-olds and
a total of 247, 074 doses (AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines) for those aged 18 years and over. According to
information from the Ministry of Health, 96.4 percent of Samoa’s eligible population has received their first
dose, 69.1 percent have received their second dose and 13.8 percent of those aged 18 years and over have
received their booster shots.