THE Government's interactive map shows the Isle of Wight, bar Yarmouth and Freshwater, is now among the worst in the country in terms of Covid-19 infection rates.

The map shows the Isle of Wight awash in burgundy ­— the colour denoting the highest levels of weekly infection.

The Isle of Wight's seven-day infection rate per 100,000 has now surpassed 1,000. Only 29 lower tier local authorities in the UK have a higher rate per 100,000 population.

In the seven days up to January 4, only Yarmouth and Freshwater has registered an infection rate below the national average.

Sandown and Brading remain the worst affected areas on the Island.

They have registered a rolling rate of 2,046.7 cases per 100,000 residents ­— the standard by which the Covid levels are measured ­— in the seven days up to January 4.

Isle of Wight County Press:

The Government's interactive map shows the Island as a whole had a rolling rate of 1,147.6 as of January 4 ­— a 349.4 per cent increase on the previous week.

The data per 100,000 lags behind by five days, but has been rising since around December 8.

Since the pandemic began, the Island has recorded 3,752 coronavirus cases — 2,073 of those in the first nine days of January.

To view the interactive map, click here.