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Isle Of Wight's St Mary's Records Further COVID Death

There has been another death linked to COVID-19 at St Mary's Hospital.

A person died on August 27, according to NHS England.

In August, the Island's hospital registered five deaths.

Since the start of of the pandemic, 160 people have died at the hospital with the illness.

A further 137 people have passed away in the Isle of Wight community, taking the total number of deaths, related to COVID, to 297 people.

As of August 25, there were 17 patients in the Island's hospital with the illness. Three people were in a mechanical ventilation bed.

Last week the Isle of Wight NHS Trust closed all inpatient wards to visitors, due to a rise in COVID patient numbers.

Latest data shows almost 100,000 people on the Isle of Wight have now been double-jabbed.

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