31 Islanders have now died at St Mary’s Hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, latest figures released this afternoon (Monday) confirm.
According to NHS England, the latest victim of the deadly virus passed away at the hospital on 8th May. The death toll previously stood at 30 as of Sunday.
25 people have now recovered from coronavirus according to the Isle of Wight NHS Trust – but this number has hardly moved in the past 2 weeks. It is hoped that there will be an increase in the Trust’s next statement.
In addition to the 31 deaths in hospital, a further 6 people have died in the community as of 24th April. This brings the Island’s total death toll to 37.
This graph, produced by Island Echo, shows that there has been somewhat of a levelling of cases and deaths in recent days.
As of 10th May, 155 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been recorded on the Isle of Wight. This number remains fairly low in comparison to other areas, even after the launch of a testing facility at Medina Leisure Centre car park.
Nothing more to really is there
Might look even better on a log chart…
Well, it’s going to go up as they allow more to move around. If you can stay in for another month. In two weeks it’s going to go throw the roof.
Hey John how do you throw a roof? it’s rather heavy !
The relaxing of the lockdown will be good News to older island residents…..
Am hoping it was a flippant remark!!
37 dead, yet only 25 recovered. Odds of survival seem to be worse now that earlier. Would like to know other Hospitals death to survival rates.
Maybe it is because we have so many elderly, but having said that, they only take in really ill people, so does anyone know other mainland survival rates IF you are taken in?
Those who have recovered are they perfectly fine, or left with life long damage?
Why are these questions never addressed?
Most concerned.
Stupid thing to say. Not everyone with symptoms is bloody getting tested! And not everybody even shows symptoms! Earlier on, the only time you would get tested is if you were hospitalized, meaning the ones getting tested were FAR more likely to die than the majority of those with the virus. Reality is, shittons of people have the virus, a few of them are having it really bad with terrible symptoms and negative effects on health, and a few are getting tested. Foolish thing to say.
Just what ‘other area’ are you comparing with ? It’s not easy to find one, in fact I’m doubtful if a directly comparably one exists. Number of confirmed cases may appear low but we have a fatality rate of 23% against a national percentage of around around 14% , even allowing for scale factors and a slightly older population this figure is high so no room for complacency.
What are you basing the 23% fatality rate on? If it’s confirmed cases, this is a totally pointless dataset. As has been mentioned, the number of cases is going to be many times higher than those confirmed. The scientific literature points to a huge proportion of infected being either entirely asymptomatic, or so mild as to never warrant testing. The science is pointing to an IFR in the region of 0.2-0.3%. In other words, people should really stop panicking themselves by reading the contextless statistical data thrown around by the media everyday, and realise that, for the vast majority, the risks posed are minuscule.
Well said x