Active Coronavirus cases on Island surpasses 300

There are now more than 300 active cases of Coronavirus on the Isle of Man.

The latest figures show 81 further cases have been detected in the last 24 hours.

It means there are now 315 active cases and six people are now being treated in hospital.

More than 1,000 people are currently in self-isolation – with 187 instructed to do so in the previous 24 hours.

Chief Minister Howard Quayle MHK said: ‘I understand that the numbers may cause concern to the public but increasingly, they should be the result of transmission within households. We are not yet at the peak but may reach that point early next week as we start to see the effects of the first week of lockdown.

‘We are entering an important phase. It is more important than ever that we work together as a community by staying at home as much as possible to protect our vaccination programme and front line services.’