A 1-year-old baby girl has become the latest COVID-related fatality in Samoa, moving the total number of national deaths to 29.
The latest situational report from the Ministry of Health, for the period 19 June to 21 June 2022, confirmed 40 new positive cases increasing the total number to 14,812.
One patient is currently in managed isolation and none in the Intensive Care Unit of the Tupua Tamasese Meaole hospital at Moto’otua.
The deceased infant had no known health conditions and was not eligible for vaccinations because of her age.
