The latest positive coronavirus test results in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have been updated.

As of 6.18pm today (November 10) the data shows that a further 42 positive cases have been confirmed in the past 24 hours.

This brings the total number of positive test results recorded in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to 2,829 since the start of the pandemic.

This represents a rate of 494.8 cases per 100,000 people since the start of the pandemic, which is still far lower than many parts of the country where the majority of local authorities has a rate of over 1,000 or 2,000 people - and in some parts more than 4,000 people per 100,000.

There have been 336 cases confirmed in the seven days leading up to November 5. Data from the most recent five days is not shown due to being incomplete. This represents a weekly rate of 58.8 cases per 100,000 people. 

Nationally, there were 20,412 new cases recorded in the UK, bringing the total to 1,233,775 since the start of the pandemic. 

The most recent figures from the Office National Statistics, released today, 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 24 to October 30, but were registered to November 7.

The total number of hospital deaths in Cornwall remains 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 300 people who tested positive for Covid-19 have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 34,963.

Patients were aged between 35 and 100 years old. All except eight (aged 66 to 99 years old) had known underlying health conditions. NHS England said the dates of deaths range from September 28 to November 9 with the majority being on or after November 6.

There have been 13 deaths recorded in the south west in the past 24 hours.

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