From lemon yellow, to deep purple - in recent months, the government's colourful interactive Covid-19 map has provided a shocking visual record of the impact of the spread of coronavirus on the Isle of Wight.

Back in September, the Island's rate per 100,000 people sat at just 4.2.

But that yellow has been replaced by green, blue and ever darkening purple as cases have climbed - with the most rapid increase recorded across December and into January.

At the start of last month, the Island's average rolling rate sat at 16.2.

We were light green on the map, below average for the country and one of just three locations to have Tier One restrictions.

By December 18, cases were climbing and our rate had risen to 84.6.

Light green had given way to sage.

We were dark blue on Christmas Day - with a rolling rate per 100,000 people of 216.5.

One week later, the Isle of Wight had been blocked out with dark purple - with 810.5 cases per 100,000 people, on average.

And by January 9 the average rate per 100,000 Islanders was 1,110.2, a slight drop compared to yesterday.

The published data lags behind the daily cases update, but it is easy to see why there has been such a change in the Island's fortunes.

This week, Isle of Wight Councillors were told that ninety per cent of current Covid-19 cases are the new variant of the virus, which is known to spread more quickly.

It has led to the Island's rapid descent from Tier One (on November 26) to Tier Four (on December 31) and now, national lockdown (which started on January 4), with a rumour of even tighter restrictions on the the way.

On January 3 alone, 459 new coronavirus cases were added to the Isle of Wight's overall total, with a further 319 on January 10 and many more days this month topping 200.