THE latest figures for positive coronavirus test results in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have been recorded and they show that as of 4pm today (Sunday), 43 new cases had been recorded in the last 24 hours.
It brings the total number of positive test results recorded in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to 2,385 since the start of the pandemic.
This represents a rate of 417.1 cases per 100,000 people since the start of the pandemic, which is still far lower than many parts of the country.
There have been 309 cases confirmed in the past seven days, representing a weekly rate of 54 cases per 100,000 people.
Nationally, there have been 23,254 new cases recorded in the UK during the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 1,034,914 since the start of the pandemic.
The number of coronavirus cases recorded in the UK since the start of the pandemic surpassed one million in yesterday’s update (Saturday, October 31).
The most recent figures from the Office National Statistics, which update every Tuesday, showed that there have been no new deaths relating to coronavirus in Cornwall registered in the preceding week.
The statistics 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 10 to October 16, but were registered up to October 24.
One death of a Cornish person in hospital that occurred in the week of April 18 to 24 has been backdated into the data this week.
The county’s most recent hospital death since September 22 was reported on Saturday, October 10.
The total number of hospital deaths in Cornwall remain at 94, with 68 of them recorded at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust and 26 at the Cornwall Partnerships NHS Trust.
It means that Cornwall's overall coronavirus death toll remains at 213 in the ONS figures.
There have been no further deaths in Cornwall in the last 24 hours, but nationally a further 137 people who tested positive for Covid-19 have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 32,992.
Their families have been informed.
There have been six deaths recorded in the south west in the past 24 hours.
In today’s coronavirus-related news:
Follow the latest updates and reaction in Cornwall to a second national lockdown in our live blog.
Full details of a second national lockdown have now been officially announced.
Information has now been confirmed on what it will mean for people living in England when the new rules come into force.
Morrisons has unveiled a brand new discount scheme for teachers and school staff.
Lasting until after Christmas, Morrisons says the special discount is a thank you to half a million teachers and additional school staff who are looking after the nation’s children and supporting them through the Covid-19 pandemic.
An urgent appeal has been launched by Cornwall Council to allow it to use £28m of unspent Government finance it has to help businesses during the second national lockdown.
Funding of more than £4 million for long term homes for rough sleepers and other vulnerable people in Cornwall has been announced by the Government.
This is part of the Government’s investment of £433 million to deliver 6,000 new homes for rough sleepers by the end of this Parliament and builds on the ‘Everyone In’ campaign launched at the start of the pandemic which has helped support over 29,000 vulnerable people – enabling councils to keep rough sleepers safe this winter.
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