The Pacific Islands and Covid

 

As of September 12, the WHO reported the following Covid-19 figures for the South Pacific:

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Country	Population(1)	Total Cases	New Cases	Deaths
Australia	25,499,884	26,651	44	810
New Zealand	4,822,233	1,797	2	24
Guam	168,775	1,863	17	23
French Polynesia	280,908	953	22	2
PNG	8,947,024	508		5
Northern Marianas	57,559	59	0	2
Fiji	896,445	32	0	2
New Caledonia	285,498	26	0	0
1.  www.worldometers.info/    Note: The WHO treats Easter Island (Polynesia)  as part of Chile and provides no separate figures but Wikipedia records 4 cases in March and April but none since.

No cases have been reported from the other Pacific Islands, viz.,

Micronesia - Palau, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru.

Melanesia - Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.

Polynesia - American Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue, Pitcairn, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna. 

 

-- ACW