10 Sep 2020

Covid-19: What are Mt Roskill numbers telling us?

From Morning Report, 8:28 am on 10 September 2020

Nearly 500 people associated with the Mt Roskill church cluster - and all their close contacts - have been asked to get retested for Covid-19 as the Auckland cluster grows.

The Mount Roskill Evangelical Fellowship is at the centre of a sub-cluster of 43 positive cases.

Six new cases of Covid-19 in the community announced yesterday are linked to the church cluster and it has emerged that some of those linked to the outbreak hadn't fully disclosed contacts or movements.

On Monday Cabinet will decide if the situation in Auckland is under enough control to loosen restrictions in the region.

So what are the numbers telling us?

Public health Professor Michael Baker speaks to Susie Ferguson.