Saturday 7th March 2026 marks the end of the first 30 Days period since activating Operation Namu26. Atiu remains without any positive case for the last 17 days. Block and peri-focal spraying continues for Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Mauke and Mangaia. Community halls and targeted spraying of wreckages on Rarotonga continues. Slashing of overgrown lands continues for some of the Puna on Rarotonga, Mauke and Mangaia.
The graph below provides the number of positive cases (green line) for the last 27 days and suspected cases for the first 11 days (blue line). Rarotonga still accounts for most of the positive cases over the last 13 days, between 1 to 8 cases a day across the four islands of Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Mauke and Mangaia.
This week from Monday 2nd to Wednesday 4th March 2026, Rarotonga recorded a total of 15 cases and Aitutaki recorded one case.
Mosquito Surveillance
No traps surveillance undertaken on Rarotonga this week. The bar graph below provides the number of Aedes mosquitos found in the traps over the period which correlates to the number of positive cases in the 30 Days Dengue Trend line graph above. As the number of cases declines and so was the number of Aedes mosquitos found in the traps placed at key locations including the Airport, Schools, TMO Facilities, Punanga Nui Market, National Auditorium and other places.
Dengue Prevention Pack
Cook Islands Red Cross delivered 182 packs in total since the activation of Operation Namu26. Of the 182 packs, 26 packs sent to Aitutaki, 8 packs to Mangaia, 5 packs to Mauke, 3 packs to Atiu and 140 packs distributed to positive cases around Rarotonga.
Pa Enua 30 Days Dengue Trend Monitoring
Atiu
No new cases for Atiu over the last 17 days.
Mauke
Mauke recorded one case on Sunday 1 March 2026 after 8 days from the last recorded case on Friday 20 February, making it the only one active case on Mauke. Block and peri-focal spraying continue.
Mangaia
Mangaia recorded the two positive cases on Friday 27 February 2026 with no new case recorded in the last five days. Three active cases remain on Mangaia, block and peri-focal spraying continue.
Aitutaki
Aitutaki’s cases declined over the last week with one positive case recorded on Monday 2 March 2026. Six active cases remain for Aitutaki, block and peri-focal spraying continue.
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