Dr Gary Jackson, Dr Christine McIntosh and Dr Anthony Jordan discuss Covid-19, flu and RSV with health reporter Hannah Martin. There are 9091 new community cases of Covid-19, the Ministry of Health is reporting on Thursday. The Ministry of Health also reported five deaths, in a statement released at 1pm on Thursday. That takes the total to 1022 after New Zealand surpassed 1000 deaths with Covid mark on Wednesday. Nationwide, the seven-day rolling average of community case numbers on Thursday was 7981 – last Thursday it was 7533.

Source: Stuff May 19, 2022 08:35 UTC