COVID-19 pandemic in the Cook Islands

COVID-19 pandemic in the Cook Islands
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationCook Islands
First outbreakRarotonga
Index case15 February 2022
Confirmed cases6,952[1][2]
Active cases84[2][3]
Suspected cases‡1 (historic)[3][4][5]
Recovered6,866[2]
Deaths
2
Government website
https://www.health.gov.ck/covid19/
https://covid19.gov.ck/
‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out.

The COVID-19 pandemic in the Cook Islands is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). As of 30 October 2021, 12,841 first doses and 12,498 second doses of vaccine had been administered, which represents over 97% of the eligible population (12+) fully vaccinated.[6]

On 3 December 2021, the Cook Islands reported one suspected case of COVID-19,[3] it was later determined to be a non-infectious historic case.[5]

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.[7]

  1. ^ "Cook Islands: WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard With Vaccination Data". World Health Organization. covid19.who.int. 15 February 2022. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Cook Islands COVID-19 Response". covid19.gov.ck. Cook Islands Government. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Cook Islands government confirms Covid-19 case in MIQ". Radio New Zealand. 4 December 2021. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference MIQCase1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b "COVID-19 Case Update 5 December 2021 (CKT)" (PDF). covid19.gov.ck. Te Marae Ora - Cook Islands Ministry of Health. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  6. ^ "COVID-19 Vaccinations | Cook Islands - COVID19". covid19.gov.ck. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Cook Islands detects first Covid case". RNZ. 15 February 2022. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.