University of Auckland epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson … “The numbers are only reliable if they are done by trained people and recorded.” Image: Ricky Wilson\/Stuff\/LDR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nLooking at hospitalisations<\/strong>
\nProfessor Jackson said he did not even even look at the daily case numbers.<\/p>\n“I look at the hospitalisations and, sadly, the number of deaths,” he said.<\/p>\n