The Isle of Wight is third from bottom, on a list of the rolling seven-day averages of new Covid-19 cases, in England.

The figures, for the seven days to November 28, are based on tests carried out both in laboratories and in the wider community.

Expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people, the figures lag behind and exclude incomplete data from November 29-December 2.

The Isle of Wight had 44 new cases in the seven days to November 28 (the equivalent of 31 cases per 100,000 people).

The previous data showed 79 new cases (the equivalent of 55.7 cases per 100,000 people).

It means the Isle of Wight joins the majority of areas seeing a fall.

Swale in Kent had the highest rate (845 new cases recorded in the seven days to November 28, the equivalent of 563.0 cases per 100,000 people).

The two areas with lower rates than the Isle of Wight are Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (27.5 per 100,000) and Worthing, Sussex (24.4 per 100,000).

Isle of Wight County Press:

Swale (top) has the highest rate and Worthing (bottom) has the lowest.

The way the data was recorded was recently changed, which means people including students and second home owners, those not registered with an Isle of Wight doctor, are not included.

Meanwhile, five more coronavirus positives were added to the Isle of Wight's figures yesterday (Wednesday), taking the total here to 976, since the start of the pandemic.