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Coronavirus: Isle Of Wight Records Another Two Hospital Deaths

A further two coronavirus-related deaths have been recorded in hospital on the Isle of Wight.

NHS England has published its figures for Thursday (28).

They show one person passed away at St Mary's Hospital yesterday (Wednesday) - and another on Tuesday (26).

This month (January) 65 people have died on the Island with the illness.

Since the start of the pandemic, coronavirus has been mentioned on the death certificates of 173 Islanders.

St Mary's Hospital has recorded 114 of those deaths.

Isle of Wight Radio revealed on Tuesday (26) that five people had passed away in the community.

Yesterday, the Isle of Wight's coronavirus case total surpassed 6,000.

New data is set to be published later today.

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