MORE cases of coronavirus have been recorded for the Isle of Wight, according to the daily figures released by Public Health England.

Another increase of six cases, on top of eight yesterday, takes the cumulative total to 563, since the pandemic began.

It means the Isle of Wight has recorded 86 cases during October so far.

These cases are of people registered as living on the Island.

Isle of Wight County Press:

Across the Island, combined figures from NHS England and the Office for National Statistics show 90 people have died due to the virus — 41 in hospital, 45 in care homes, three in the community and one in a hospice.

One death in a care home was recorded earlier this week.

A report which went to the Isle of Wight NHS Trust's board meeting recently showed the average age of hospital patients where Covid-19 had been put on their medical cause of death, was 85.

The oldest person to recover from the virus at the hospital was 100, and the average age of patients who recovered from the virus, as of the end of June, was 71.