The latest data shows that there has been zero confirmed cases of dengue since mid-April.
The health ministry, Te Marae Ora, suggests that the recent dengue outbreak is slowly being brought under control.
The incidence of probable cases has also declined with seven recorded for the second week of May, compared with 12 in mid-April and a peak of 24 probable cases in February.
Photo: AFP / Sebastian Kaulitzki / Science Photo Library
Probable cases are those who test positive for the NS1 non-structural protein of the dengue virus, as opposed to cases confirmed to have the dengue type 2 infection based on PCR (polymerase chain reaction).
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