COVID UPDATE: Young people mostly positive cases 

Staff Reporters

APIA, SAMOA – 23 MARCH 2022: Young people in the age groups between 15 to 19 years and 25 to 29 years of age recorded the highest percentages of positive COVID-19 community cases confirmed so far.

Samoa last night recorded 220 new community cases and pushes the total number of community cases to 467 since the first positive case was confirmed six days ago.

Of the 467 cases 454 are confirmed in Upolu and 13 active cases in Savaii. There are still no active cases recorded for the islands of Manono and Apolima as of time of report.

A total of 3,313 Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) were administered from Monday, 21 March to Tuesday, 22 March.  Of this total 2,507 were administered in Upolu and 806 in Savaii. Overall, 11,588 RATs have been conducted to date since the 17^th March 2022.

IN SUMMARY:

• Mostly affected 15 to 19 years and 25 to 29 years age groups
• 467 Total Cumulative Community cases as of 22 March 2022
• 220 Total positive cases in the 24hrs
• 454 Cases in Upolu 13 in Savaii
• 515 Cumulative positive cases since Nov 2020
• 48 Cumulative positive cases at the border since Nov 2020
• 1 Case in Isolation Ward TTMH
• 0 Deaths