Mobile phone on black table with Covid-19 words on screen by Martin Sanchez

Number of daily Isle of Wight positive Covid-19 tests more than doubles in one day

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

According to the Government’s Coronavirus Dashboard this takes the rolling seven-day figure to 185, a rate per 100,000 population of 131.21.

A week ago the rolling seven-day figure was 88 – a rate per 100,000 of population of 62.41.

The cumulative total since the pandemic began is now at 7,229 – a rate per 100,000 population of 5,126.95.

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.

Image: Martin Sanchez under CC BY 2.0