emergency. on 10 september 2020, the government announced it will keep the borders closed until the end of the year to keep the country free of the virus. on 18 may 2021, a local seafarer on a ship quarantined off-shore in the port of betio tested positive for the virus. as of 14 december 2021, there have been 0 confirmed cases of covid-19 with 0 deaths, reported to who. as of 18 november 2021, a total of 82,167 vaccine doses had been administered, representing ≈ 19% fully-vaccinated and ≈49% with at least one-dose. marshall islands main article: covid-19 pandemic in the marshall islands on 24 january 2020, the marshall islands issued a travel advisory that requires any visitors to the country to have spent at least 14 days in a country free of the virus. on 1 march, the ban was extended to china, macau, hong kong, japan, south korea, italy, and iran. as of 18 march, all incoming international travel had been temporarily suspended, as well as some intra-island flight services. the first two positive cases of covid-19 were confirmed at the us army garrison on kwajalein atoll (usag-ka) on 29 october. they were both placed in managed quarantine. on 29 december, the marshall islands became the first independent nation in the pacific to begin its covid-19 vaccinations. micronesia main article: covid-19 pandemic in the federated states of micronesia the federated states of micronesia reported its first suspected case in managed isolation on 8 january 2021. the suspected case was later deemed to be non-infectious and a detection of historical viral fragments after the individual returned negative antibody and antigen tests later in the month. as of 25 april 2022, the federated states of micronesia official covid-19 case count reported to the who is five; and as of 6 april 2022, a total of 117,839 vaccine doses have been administered. nauru main article: covid-19 pandemic in nauru the government declared a national emergency as a preventive measure, suspending all but one weekly flight to the country and instituting a 14-day quarantine for all arrivals. on 14 december, an historical case was identified on a shipping vessel. since the case remained on board, it is not considered to have entered nauru. as of 30 march 2022, 22,976 vaccines doses have been administered. on 2 april 2022, nauru recorded its first two cases of covid-19. new zealand main article: covid-19 pandemic in new zealand map of covid-19 case totals in new zealand by district health board (dhb) new zealand reported its first case on 28 february 2020 from a citizen who had arrived from iran on 26 february. the second case was a citizen who had recently traveled to northern italy. the first local transmission of the virus happened on 4 march in auckland. on 29 march, new zealand reported its first fatality, a woman in her 70s from the west coast region. the new zealand government introduced a four-level alert system on 21 march to manage the covid-19 pandemic in new zealand. on 25 march, the country moved into alert level 4, placing the country in a nationwide lockdown and closing its borders. while mass gatherings were banned and schools and most businesses were closed, essential services such as supermarkets, petrol stations, and health services remained open. due to successful efforts to eliminate the pandemic within new zealand's borders, the alert level system was progressively lowered to level 3 on 27 april and level 2 on 13 may, with lockdown restrictions and social distancing measures being eased at each stage. on 9 june, new zealand entered into alert level 1, where remaining restrictions on economic activities and daily life were eliminated but the country's borders remained closed to most international travellers. on 4 may, the country marked the first day without the reports of any new case of covid-19, a month after the country announced lockdown. by 31 may, there was only one active case with a total of 1,504 (1,154 confirmed and 350 probable) cases, 1,481 recoveries, and 22 deaths. by 8 june, that last active case had recovered. following 24 consecutive days of no new cases, two new cases resulting from overseas travel were reported on 16 june. on 11 august 2020, four cases were reported in auckland, making the first reported community transmissions after 102 days. in response to the auckland august 2020 community outbreak, lockdown restrictions were reinstated nationwide. due to the reduction in community transmissions, lockdown restrictions in auckland and the rest of new zealand were progressively eliminated on 30 august, 23 september, and 7 october 2020. while most cases in new zealand throughout 2021 have occurred at the border, community outbreaks have occurred periodically predominantly in the auckland region in february and august 2021, leading to the reinstatement of national lockdown restrictions on both occasions. new zealand's national vaccination programme began on 20 february 2021. as of august 2021, 3.33 million vaccinations have been administered; with 2.17 million receiving their first dose and 1.16 million additionally receiving their second dose. in early october 2021, prime minister jacinda ardern confirmed that new zealand's elimination strategy would be phased out in favour of a new model that takes into account the country's vaccination rates. in november 2021, a māori tribe asked anti-vaxxers to stop using the ka mate haka to promote their protests. cook islands main article: covid-19 pandemic in the cook islands on 5 june 2021, the first positive pcr test result in the cook islands was obtained which was reported in the media. however, it was determined to be a non-infectious historical known case of a person who had earlier completed quarantine in new zealand and therefore not counted as an active confirmed case, however already been counted in new zealand and recovered. by 2 august 2021, the cook islands reported to the who a total of 21,761 vaccine doses have been administered. on 24 august 2021, the te marae ora ministry of health reported it had completed its covid-19 national vaccination programme, with 96.7 per cent of the eligible population, people aged 16-years or older, fully vaccinated. all doses were the pfizer–biontech covid-19 vaccine, comirnaty. the government is planning a further operation to vaccinate 12-15 year olds. on 3 december 2021, the cook islands reported one suspected case of covid-19, it was later determined to be a non-infectious historic case. on 15 february 2022, one case was reported in an individual in rarotonga, who had recently returned from auckland. the case was of the omicron variant. niue main article: covid-19 pandemic in niue on 9 march 2022, niue reported its first case of covid-19 as the result of travel from new zealand. tokelau on 21 december 2022, tokelau reported its first cases of covid-19. palau main article: covid-19 pandemic in palau palau began implementing border controls early on. the president of palau thomas remengesau jr. issued an executive order suspending all charter flights from china, macau, and hong kong from 1–29 february 2020. by march, the country's borders were closed. the order also quarantined all non-citizens who recently entered the country for fourteen days. palauans began receiving covid-19 vaccines in 2021. as a signatory of the compact of free association with the united states, palau has received vaccines from operation warp speed. on 31 may 2021, the first case was confirmed. as of 24 august 2021, there have been 2 confirmed cases of covid-19 with 0 deaths, reported to who. as of 8 august 2021, a total of 26,796 vaccine doses have been administered. papua new guinea main article: covid-19 pandemic in papua new guinea on 20 march 2020, the first case in papua new guinea was confirmed. swabs were taken and sent to the medical research institute in goroka for testing. three announcements followed. first the health minister jelta wong declared a probable case, and prime minister james marape followed up by declaring the result as negative. further tests were conducted and the prime minister confirmed the positive result for covid-19. police minister bryan kramer then stated on facebook that the inconsistent results were due to faulty test equipment, and that requests had been made for further testing to be conducted in melbourne. as of 19 november 2020, papua new guinea had 602 cases, 585 recoveries and 7 deaths. as of 24 august 2021, there have been 17,947 confirmed cases of covid-19 in papua new guinea with 192 deaths, reported to who. as of 12 august 2021, a total of 102,074 vaccine doses have been administered. bougainville main article: covid-19 pandemic in the autonomous region of bougainville the autonomous region of bougainville's confirmed its first case of the covid-19 pandemic on friday, 7 august 2020, in arawa, bougainville. samoa main article: covid-19 pandemic in samoa there were two potential covid-19 cases in samoa that after returning a positive pcr test result in november 2020. however it is likely both cases were simply detection of viral fragments from non-contagious historical cases as neither case had symptoms and their close contacts tested negative. a third positive pcr test was returned on 12 february 2021. of the three positive test results, samoa has only official declared one confirmed case of covid-19 to the who. solomon islands main article: covid-19 pandemic in the solomon islands the first case of covid-19 in the solomon islands was confirmed on 3 october 2020 as a student who had been repatriated from the philippines on the 28 september 2020. as of 24 august 2021, there have been 20 confirmed cases of covid-19 with 0 deaths, reported to who. the last confirmed case was reported on 5 april 2021 and all cases have recovered. as of 6 august 2021, a total of 56,621 vaccine doses have been administered. tonga main article: covid-19 pandemic in tonga on 29 october, tonga reported its first case; a seasonal worker returning from christchurch in new zealand. tuvalu main article: covid-19 pandemic in tuvalu on 20 may 2022, tuvalu reported its first three cases in quarantine. pitcairn islands the pitcairn islands reported its first case on 16 july 2022. united states further information: covid-19 pandemic in the united stateswhile the epicenter of covid-19 in the usa lies in the contiguous 48 states, cases and outbreaks have been reported in the country's oceanic jurisdictions. the state of hawaii has by far the most coronavirus cases in the region, followed up by the territories of guam and the northern mariana islands. american samoa main article: covid-19 pandemic in american samoa on 9 november 2020, american samoa reported its first three positive test results. as all three suspected cases were aboard a container ship, did not enter the country and were not confirmed to be active cases, they were not reported to the who. as of 24 august 2021 in reporting to the who, there have been no confirmed covid-19 cases and no deaths; and as of 8 august, 52,769 vaccine doses have been administered. guam main article: covid-19 pandemic in guam by 28 august 2020, the us territory of guam has had 1,287 confirmed cases of the virus, 488 recoveries, and ten deaths. as of 24 august 2021, there have been 9,138 confirmed cases of covid-19 in guam with 145 deaths, reported to who. as of 8 august 2021, a total of 202,807 vaccine doses have been administered. hawaii main article: covid-19 pandemic in hawaii map of the outbreak in hawaii by confirmed total infections per 100,000 people (last updated march 2021) 10,000+ 3,000–10,000 1,000–3,000 300–1,000 100–300 30–100 0–30 no confirmed infected or no data the first case was reported on 6 march 2020, and the first death was on 30 march. in response to the initial spike in coronavirus cases, governor david ige issued a state-wide lockdown, which lasted from 24 march to 30 april. after another spike occurred a few months later, a second lockdown was issued from 27 august to 9 september. it was then extended until 24 september. the center of the outbreak is on the island of oahu, where most hawaii residents live. cases have also been reported on hawaii island, maui, molokai, lanai and kauai. no cases have been reported on niʻihau, kahoʻolawe and the northwestern hawaiian islands. as of 24 august 2021, hawaii had the lowest case rate of all 50 states at 4,042 per 100,000 people and the