One new hospital death involving coronavirus has been recorded in the south west today although it is not in Cornwall.
Nationally the deaths of further ten people who tested positive for Covid-19 have been recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 29,541.
The patients were between 63 and 95 years old and all had known underlying health conditions.
The dates of the deaths range from August 2 to August 26, due to delay in them being recorded, although NHS England said "the majority" were on or after August 25.
Their families have been informed.
The latest weekly Office for National Statistics (ONS) information, released on Tuesday, showed that one new death had been registered in a care home in Cornwall.
The figures from the ONS, which has been collating data for deaths in all settings, including hospitals, care homes and the wider community, relate to the week of August 8 and August 14, but were registered up to August 22.
It means that Cornwall's overall coronavirus death toll has risen to 210, a rise of one on the previous week's update, when the first increase since July 21 was confirmed.
There have been no hospital deaths in Cornwall since July 2.
The government website that records any rise in the number of confirmed new cases of the virus is currently not working, meaning that cases in the 24 hours are not known.
However, yesterday's update showed six further cases confirmed for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
The figure for the local authority area sat at 979 as of 4pm on Thursday afternoon, compared to 973 a day earlier.
Across the UK there had been 330,368 cases of the virus – a rise of 1,522 on the previous day.
It marked the highest daily rise in UK coronavirus cases since June 12.
The number of new cases for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly today will be updated in this article when the data becomes available.
In today's coronavirus news:
The south west continues to be at most risk in the country for coronavirus infections to grow at a faster rate.
In today's update on the government website SAGE (the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies) estimates that the current rate of reproduction - known as the R number - in the south west now sit between 0.9 and 1.1, while the growth rate is estimated at between -2 per cent and +2 per cent.
The number of coronavirus deaths across Cornwall and Devon in July decreased by 80 per cent on the previous month, figures from the Office of National Statistics show.
The latest data, which contains provisional analysis of all deaths that occurred in up to July 31 and registered up to August 15, where Covid-19 was involved.
A Cornwall hotel is honouring NHS heroes with its newly-named Captain Tom Moore Suite.
During lockdown, the team at the Alverton Hotel in Truro vowed to rename the Chapel Suite after Captain Thomas Moore who raised millions of pounds for the NHS at the height of the pandemic.
They have now outlined details of how the hotel will shows gratitude to NHS staff.
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