A total of 457 cases of COVID-19 have been identified on the Isle of Wight since the start of the pandemic, according to the latest data released today (Sunday).
As previously reported by Island Echo, the Island saw a small spike of 5 cases up until 21st September. Now, another 2 cases have been added to the running total.
Official figures show that 2 cases were identified on 17th September, 1 on 18th September and another 2 cases just 24 hours later. This was followed by 2 more cases on 21st September and the latest case on 24th September.
So far this month 24 people have tested positive for COVID-19. That is a significant increase on the month of August when just 10 cases were recorded in 31 days.
Public Health England says that since the start of the pandemic there have been 457 cases of coronavirus on the Island.
LET ME GUESS DFLs
So when are the holidaymakers going to be refused passage to the island????? I have heard, Parkdean Resorts are fully booked until the end of November and what about all the private self catering accommodation….while people travel over here from the mainland there is a high risk of them bringing COVID with them…..and if course if people are leaving the island and travelling within the UK or abroad, they could potentially bring the virus back with them also.
I have it on very good authority that island Parkdean sites are working on 50% max capacity. Also, some hotels have had to close owing to cancellations of Welsh coach companies due to large parts of Wales in local restrictions. However there a lot of tourists still coming over and not following guifeline or regs.
Still one of the lowest per 100,000 population in the country thank God we don’t have a fixed link
At the end of the day 10000 plus population in isle of wight give it 2 month and we see Iot more we should not have any if the kept us from the mainland shut down and maybe we have a chance
Lock down october
2nd wave is a cert, especially when it is orchestrated,
quote “positive results may be due to past or present infection with non sars cov-2 coronavirus strains, such as coronavirus HKU1, NL63,OC43 or 229E”
You then couple that with an error rate of 2.3% (of all tests) and compare that with the Positive test results you get a manufactured second wave. Which will affect your health and destroy small and medium businesses.
Fake news, don’t care.
You are suffering from cognitive dissonance.
“Cognitive dissonance refers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviours. This produces a feeling of mental discomfort leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes, beliefs or behaviours to reduce the discomfort and restore balance.”
thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(20)30180-8/fulltext
(you will need to put www. in front as iow echo won`t let me post links.)If you read this, above, from the Lancet (respected medical journals) the big news was 65 of 67 autopsies did NOT show the virus. So stop worrying…you are being lied to.
I guess the hospital’s are faking the numbers in reading on ICU’s then too? As for the false positive ‘theory’, it has been debunked many times, there is a true increase in cases and false positives cannot account for such an increase.
Cognitive dissonance refers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviours. This produces a feeling of mental discomfort leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes, beliefs or behaviours to reduce the discomfort and restore balance.
Another reason we have a low infection number, is we don’t have too many of those who think they are above British law, and as such just live as they please as we see in many inner city areas. That will sadly change when P enny F eather is filled one would expect as the overspill will be encouraged here by our greedy Council, being paid to take such.
Yes, absolutely, I am not a fixed link supporter.
Thank god, but we do have boats that bring over coach loads that flaunt the rules by not wearing masks, two weekends now I have seen coaches were they are not wearing masks.
Project Fear 2.0 at it again
I remember project fear 0.0 the Brexit one, people said nothing bad would happen but now Gove says 7,000 lorries in delays through boarders. Gove confirms project fear 0.0.
Just saying.
Fake news, don’t care.
STOP posting scaremongering info .its boring!
Its no worse than flue for most .up 1 ..2 more here…3 there.give over.
Everyone should make there own decisions how they wana deal with covid,not be forced too.take your own risks as its here too stay.no more closing down country.nhs can cope…ovb not treating other illness so deaths will occur. Wrong ..v wrong.
Nightingale hosp amaz got built fast…lets do more then.but not for covid!
A fixed link you can close easily, ferry companies run the show here though, letting all and sundry over, still, give it another 2 weeks and watch the figures rise, IF they are released to us.
Why do we only hear about the increases in cases and also in the deaths due to the virus but NOT about those people who have recovered. Very one sided representation concerning the virus.
Because it is ultimately about control and the new ab-normal is here to stay, unless the world wakes up. Anyone noticed how Sweden is doing…oh yes just fine…no lockdown/no masks and no social distancing.
Why does the government website say 456?
To the island echo please can you tell us how many active cases there are on the island?we don’t want to no about old case numbers,your just scaremongering….
Not very honest twice they have been caught out not telling the truth, soon altered when challenged
Now the holiday makers are going home let’s put a ban on second home owners keep popping over, they are now our biggest risk.
They are already down it’s swarming with them in Seaview and Bembridge ( DFLs )
We must all be careful , do not go out unless it is necessary, wear a mask keep our distance, wash hands it makes sense . every little effort will help stop the spread of this virus .
That’s all well & good but some of us have to go to work, mixing will others
No Terry – what needs to happen is everyone just gets on with life as normal and we learn to live with a new virus, that adds the countless viruses that circulate the planet continuously.
Bit of a gamble if you have other health issues, so your advise is dangerous
You what????
No they are not. How about delivery drivers, people working on the mainland and the list goes on.
People who have actually got a job you mean!
Holiday home owners should stay where there main home is not come down here spreading the virus.
All comes down to money my friend
Second home owners most likely come over in their cars and are subject to the same restrictions as anyone else. There are probably far more people using the ferries to go to work, either on or off the Island. Do you want to stop those people travelling as well?
Post it echo.!5 hours aproval lol..its truth after all .we all need too hear!!
The government and media need to be prosecuted as criminals once this hysteria is over.
People underplaying this and spreading misinformation need to prosecuted as criminals. The reason it is not as bad as it could be is because the restrictions in place ARE WORKING!!!
Or do you want it like the US, with just 2% of their population infected they have over 200,000 dead!
You are exactly right. I live in the US and it’s a nightmare. Don’t follow our lead. The states that listened to the doctors have very low rates of infection with businesses open and thriving. Those that followed Trump and refuse masks and social distancing have very high death rates. Take a bit of advice….wear your masks. Social distance. Wash your hands. That will allow you to get on with life and the economy, while keeping the virus under control. Best of luck to you all.
Oh come on – you live in America. Are you telling me that you guys over there actually go on line to read all about the news on our little old Isle of Wight. Probably located here on the IOW. Then again Alice in Wonderland is probably where you are. If true where exactly do you reside?
Come on mr justice where your comment
Maybe he’s gone down with the virus!!
Yes smithy I think your right
Maybe he’s noticed that Melbourne, which he regularly cites as the likely gov control situation hitting us next, has started to loosen its lockdown restrictions.
Scaremongering info….yawn
People travelling to and from the Island for COVID tests are one of the biggest risks of all.
Compare Wightlinks website ” Please do not travel across the Solent for a COVID-19 test”
with Red Funnel`s “Travelling to the Isle of Wight and need to quarantine / self-isolate OR travelling to the Island for a Covid-19 test?
If this applies to you, you must contact us ahead of time
This needs to be stopped !!!!
When looking at the number plates they were all main lands no HW numbers there may be some mainland number plates but it’s odd all those that were there were not ours
Still blaming the holidaymakers? Not the kids and students who had to go back to school or college and don’t get social distancing or the fact they can’t hug their mates and don’t wash their hands?
STOP PRINTING SAME OLD BORING RUBBISH. AGAIN……STOP SCAREMONGERING…..ITS ALSO WHY TWATS ARE BULK BUYING .LETS HEAR THE REAL NUMBERS.LETS HEAR THOSE SURVIVED.
LET’S HERE HOW MSNY HAVE DIES FROM CANCER! go on . I dare ya
People don`t like the truth.
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
― C. S. Lewis
What drivel does not apply to today’s life lol