Clinician holding Covid 19 in test tube

Further sharp rise in number of Isle of Wight positive Covid-19 tests

The daily number of positive Coronavirus (Covid-19) tests for today (Friday) is 65, that 20 more than yesterday’s figure of 45 new positive tests.

According to the Government’s Coronavirus Dashboard this takes the rolling seven-day figure to 234, a rate per 100,000 population of 165.96.

A week ago the rolling seven-day figure was 96 – a rate per 100,000 of population of 68.09.

The cumulative total since the pandemic began is now at 7,294– a rate per 100,000 population of 5,173.05.

Last three weeks
The rise in positive tests over the last three weeks can be seen in the graph below

Positive Covid figures for last three weeks

According to the Government’s Covid Dashboard, there are still no patients at St Mary’s being treated for Covid-19, nor any new deaths.

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