The latest figures for positive coronavirus test results in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have been recorded and they show 30 new cases in the last 24 hours.
It means that as of 5.00pm today (Thursday) there have now been a total of 1,961 positive test results recorded in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly since the start of the pandemic.
This represents a rate of transmission in the region of 343 cases per 100,000 people since the start of the pandemic, which while slowly rising is still relatively low compared to many parts of the country.
The seven-day rate of new cases has fallen in the latest update. Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly’s figure, which is correct as of Monday evening, is now 26.2 cases per 100,000 people.
This was compared to 195 cases in the previous week, which was a rate of 34.1 per 100,000.
Across the UK the overall case figure now sits at 810, 647 – a rise of 21,242 cases on the previous day.
One death relating to coronavirus in Cornwall was registered in the most recent weekly period, latest Office for National Statistics figures reveal.
The latest 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 October 3 to October 9, but were registered up to October 17.
The death, which was of a Cornish person in hospital, is the first in Cornwall to be registered for seven weeks.
Another death – also of a Cornish person in hospital which occurred in the week of April 4 to April 10 – has also been registered this week.
The county’s first hospital death since September 22 was reported on Saturday, October 10.
The death was recorded at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro last Thursday (October 15) but was only reported in the figures from NHS England on Saturday.
It takes the total number of hospital deaths in Cornwall up to 94, with 68 of them recorded at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust and 26 at the Cornwall Partnerships NHS Trust.
There have been no further deaths in Cornwall in the last 24 hours, but nationally a further 152 people who tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 31,427.
Patients were aged between 36 and 97 years old. All except seven (aged between 61 and 95) had known underlying health conditions.
The dates of death range from September 3 to 21 October 21, with the majority being on or after October 16.
Their families have been informed.
There were two deaths reported in the south west as a whole.
In today’s coronavirus-related news:
A restaurant in Falmouth has had to close for 14 days after a staff member tested positive for coronavirus.
The owners say that a deep clean is underway and that they will contact customers with bookings.
The midweek update on the Cornwall's 'cluster' map shows a rise in cases but in fewer areas.
In fact, some areas of the county have come off the map all together.
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