SITREP 13th- 19th June 2022

The Ministry of Health in its latest COVID-19 situational report commencing from 13 th of June to 19 th of June 2022,
confirmed 275 positive cases. There were 273 new community cases and 2 new imported cases, taking the total number
of cases (community and border) to 14,772. Currently there are three (3) patients currently in managed isolation and
none at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Moto’otua hospital.
The public is reminded to continue to take heed of public health advice such as wearing facial masks, maintaining
social distance, and washing of hands to maintain good personal hygiene and to contain the spread of the virus and
prevent new infections. The safety of our families and loved ones is everyone’s responsibility.
Vaccination remains our best defense against severe effects of the virus. Eligible members of the public are implored to
please visit the nearest hospital for your first or second dose, and booster shot.
COVID-19 Situation Summary prepared by the Ministry of Health as at 2:00pm Local Time June 13 th to 2:00pm
June 19 th , 2022 is provided in the table below: To access the detailed situational analysis report, please visit the
MOH website (https://www.health.gov.ws/) or contact the phone number (6008440) for more information.

* The sites include all health facilities, private clinics, testing sites and self-reporting
**The death count is subject to change following full verification of all reported COVID-19 deaths from all health facilities.
Note: There are other deaths among registered cases that are not primarily caused by COVID-19.
***The test count is subject to change to data cleaning and when data becomes available
The Ministry also released a seven-day rolling average report, commencing from June 12th at 2:00pm to June
19th at 2:00pm, 2022. This seven-day report presents important data analyzed by the Ministry of Health on
the status of COVID-19 in Samoa including number of cases and trends dating back to March 17th, when the
first community case was confirmed and vaccination rates. The full report from the Ministry of Health is
provided for more details.