Apia, SAMOA — The week between December 25 and 31, saw 44 cases of COVID-19 reported in Samoa.

The Ministry of Health's surveillance report — dated 1 January but released on Monday — shows the 44 cases were reported over the previous seven days, but none of them from the border.

It takes the country's total cumulative cases to 17,006.

The health ministry continues to encourage all the eligible population — especially those who are high risk — to get their booster doses at any health facility in Upolu and Savaii.