Covid-19 daily numbers have slowed down dramatically in the Pa Enua, but Te Marae Ora is still making precautions in the event of a resurgence.

According to figures provided by Te Marae Ora, Atiu, Aitutaki, Mitiaro and Penrhyn recorded no reported cases over the weekend, but it is understood that there were some reports of cases which did not make the Monday 8am cutoff.

In Rarotonga, there were 27 cases reported, while in Mauke, there was one.

Cook Islands secretary of health Bob Williams said Aitutaki’s spread is slower compared to Atiu’s case numbers.

“Atiu’s cases is now considered to have hit its peak and we expect the case numbers to decline from next week,” Williams said.

“The difference with the Pa Enua is that we have streamlined the process from our Rarotonga experience which made work easier for the Pa Enua and with smaller population size also made monitoring easy.”

Williams acknowledged that the opening of international borders could possibly see a resurgence in Covid-19 numbers.

“Te Marae Ora is monitoring the situation and the team will be meeting this week on how the Cook Islands will respond to future surge and the thinking from current experience may be to make the process a lot more flexible with regards to isolation,” Williams said.

“This could become like when a person gets flu-like symptoms, stay home, consult a doctor or the community clinics for medication with remote monitoring, unless the symptoms is moderate or severe and may require hospital admission.”

Since the pandemic began, there have been 4750 cases of Covid-19 in Rarotonga, 568 in Aitutaki, 117 in Atiu, one in Mitiaro, four in Mauke and three in Penrhyn.

There are 101 cases still active in the Cook Islands.