99year old taken ill with corona virus

Tuesday 14 April 2020

The oldest person to be affected by corona virus in the Bailiwick has been confirmed as a 99-year-old, as the latest data shows that women now make up more than half of all patients who have tested positive for covid-19.

With 223 people now confirmed as having the potentially fatal virus, Public Health has released the latest data it has gleaned from its research around each test conducted.

Pictured: The statistics released at 16:30 Tuesday 14 April. 

With a small number of new positive cases compared to yesterday, the data has shifted accordingly.

From a previous slight majority of male patients, there is now an increased number of female patients, at 62% of all confirmed patients.

The average age of patients isn't now given, but Public Health has said that the overall age range is from 0-99 years, with 96% of all infections in adults over the age of 18 and 4% in people under 18 years old.

The number of corona virus linked fatalities has increased by one since yesterday, but no further details have been given.

Public Health said that there are nine patients in hospital, with covid-19, but none are in intensive care.

A previous reference to no one requiring ventilator support has been removed.