TOTAL NUMBER OF COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS RISES TO 19
As at 2pm local time on 28th April, 2022, there were 11 patients reported to be in managed isolation, and 1 patient in the Intensive Care Unit at Moto’otua Hospital.
Sadly, the Ministry of Health also reported 3 new COVID-19 related deaths in the 48 hours.
Booster numbers doubled over the week
The new update comes 7 days after the previous report from M.O.H on April 1st, 2022, in which Samoa had administered a total 339,214 doses of the COVID vaccines, at the time. In the past week a further 2.6% of the eligible population have since received their second dose.
The recent mass vaccination program is also proving successful with an additional 25,312 people aged 18 years and over also receiving their booster shoots so far.