MP Bob Seely said: “I welcome the release of pillar 2 data by Public Health England. It is important that this data is seen at a local level to enable our services not only to understand the true extent of Covid-19 cases on the Island, but it will also enable them to use the data to inform their future planning.
“We must ensure that we put these figures into context. We still have very low rates of infection on the Island.
“I understand that we have one of the highest rates of testing per person, so authorities think that they have a good handle on the true rate of Covid in the community, which remains low. It is frustrating that these figures were not released sooner. I have made that opinion clear to the head of PHE today.
“There is some great partnership working going on across the Island to ensure we open up in the safest way possible but of course we will continue to monitor the data and I know the IW Council and NHS Trust has plans in place to deal with any significant increase in the number of Covid-19 cases here.”