Samoa’s Ministry of Health report 123 new confirmed community cases recorded in the last 24hrs bringing
the total number of community cases to 2,566. Of this total, 1,524 are active cases with 1,039 recovering
from the virus. To date, 24,241 RATs have been administered by the Ministry of Health. There are 14 cases
currently in managed isolation at the Moto’otua National Hospital.
The Ministry of health also confirmed one (1) new COVID-19 related death in the past 24hrs. The deceased
is an 87 year old female who was admitted to the hospital with severe COVID-19 and tested positive. She
was unvaccinated with no underlying health conditions.