There have been five new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly over the last 24 hours.
The total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 for the local authority area now sits at 1,078 as of 3.45pm today.
This represented a rate of 188.5 cases per 100,000 people, which still remains one of the lowest in the country.
Across the UK there have now been 381,614 cases of the virus as of this afternoon – a rise of 3,395 on the previous day.
Today's figures from NHS England regarding the number of new coronavirus-related deaths in the country have been confirmed and show no rise for Cornwall's hospitals.
Friday saw the first coronavirus-related hospital death in Cornwall recorded since July 2.
The patient died at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, which has now had 66 deaths.
Cornwall Partnerships NHS Trust remains at 26, which makes a new combined total of 92 hospital deaths.
The most recent update from the Office for National Statistics, issued last Tuesday prior to the latest death, put Cornwall's overall coronavirus death toll at 210. This figure represents deaths in all settings, including hospitals, care homes and in the community.
Nationally the deaths of a further 18 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 29,705.
The patients were aged between 56 and 95 years old and all but two had known underlying health conditions.
Dates of death were between September 12-16 2020, with the majority on or after September 15.
Their families have been informed.
There were no deaths in the south west as a whole.
In today's coronavirus news:
A MAN says he was told he couldn't have a coronavirus test when he arrived at a site in Cornwall – despite there being "only one car" there.
Jon, from Camborne, who asked for his surname to be withheld, said it was a "nightmare".
Kernow Local Medical Committee (LMC) have expressed serious concerns about coronavirus testing capacity across the county.
Dr Will Hynds, Chair of LMC, said: "It has come to our attention that for several weeks there have been either few testing slots available a long way from sick patients – for example Aberdeen or Cardiff – or next to no tests available at all.
The leader of Cornwall Council has hit out at the Prime Minister on a number of issues from coronavirus testing to funding for the Cornish language.
Julian German made a number of comments directed towards Boris Johnson in his statement to a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
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