One new hospital death involving coronavirus has been registered in the south west today – although it is not in Cornwall.
Nationally, Sunday’s NHS England figures, which only cover hospital deaths due to coronavirus, show that a further three people who tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 29,550.
The families have been informed.
There have been no hospital deaths in Cornwall since July 2.
One further case of coronavirus has been confirmed for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in today's latest update.
The figure for the local authority area is now at 981 as of 4pm this afternoon, compared to 980 a day earlier.
Across the UK there have now been 334,467 cases of the virus as of this afternoon – a rise of 1,715 on the previous day.
The rate of infection in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly stands at 171.6 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 513.4.
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.
In today's coronavirus news:
The number of occupied beds at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust dropped sharply during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, new figures reveal.
Urgent maintenance work, the provision of IT kit for staff working from home and creation of visitor resources can now be carried out by Truro Cathedral thanks to a grant.
The cathedral has been awarded £90,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help address the impact of Covid-19.
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is calling for any patients who have been treated during the coronavirus pandemic to get in touch about their experience.
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