A FURTHER 20 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed on the Isle of Wight in today's daily update from Public Health England. With cases in double figures daily in recent days, it has seen a rise in the Island's rolling rate per 100,000 too.

Although five days behind, the rate is now at 101.6, up from 85.3 yesterday.

It is below the UK rate of 329.9.

The Government's interactive map is now showing the Isle of Wight as a blue area. Since the January peak it had shown good signs of reducing in colour down to white and yellow, but as cases have increased, the colour has darkened again.

Since the pandemic began, there have been 7,184 cases of Covid recorded on the Island.

The age range of people with positive Covid cases on the Island right now is primarily in the age brackets 10 to 14 years, 15 to 19 years, and 20 to 24 years.

Everyone aged 18 and over is urged to get a Covid jab.

There are currently around 420 schoolchildren self-isolating.

Meanwhile, St Mary's Hospital has no Covid patients, according to the latest available data.

Read the latest on the hospital data in our article from earlier today