Gov confirms another death with covid in Jersey

Thursday 12 August 2021

It's been confirmed that another person has died with covid in Jersey, bringing the current official total to 74.

The news came in the government's daily covid statistics update, which also said that a further two people are now being treated in hospital with the virus, making six overall.

The latest numbers show that cases continue to fall, with a further 42 officially confirmed positive cases in the last day, compared to 70 people who are now listed as having recovered. 

That makes the current number of official cases in Jersey 475, with 308 of those being symptomatic.

The number of active cases in the Island is 475.
308 cases are symptomatic and 167 cases are asymptomatic.
Sadly there has been 1 death, our sincere condolences go to family and friends.

— Government of Jersey (@GovJersey) August 12, 2021

 There are 1,983 people listed as direct contacts of a covid case.

 Pictured: the current covid stats on gov.je (credit: Government of Jersey).

Yesterday, the government announced that the majority of the island's covid restrictions would be removed on the 26th August, and it was now moving to a strategy of managing the effects of the virus, rather than trying to suppress it. 

80% of Jersey adults have now been fully vaccinated against covid.