28 Mar 2022

Covid-19: How many more deaths are to come?

From Morning Report, 7:38 am on 28 March 2022

We know how many people have died with Covid-19 during the current Omicron wave, the latest figure being 258.

What we don't know, however, is how many Kiwis will yet die with the virus before the wave is through.

Covid-19 modeller Professor Michael Plank puts the likely number at somewhere between 300 and 500.

University of Otago epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker thinks that sounds broadly correct.

He spoke to Susie Ferguson.