The latest Covid-19 case information for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has been published.
As of 10.40pm today, (Thursday, January 14) there have been 290 new cases in the region recorded in the previous 24 hours.
The total number of cases in the local authority area since the start of the pandemic now sits at 9,747.
There were 2,046 cases recorded in the seven days leading up to January 9. Data from the most recent five days is not shown due to being incomplete.
This represents a weekly rate of 357.8 cases per 100,000 people.
The number of people testing positive for coronavirus in the UK has increased by 48,652.
However, no new Covid-related deaths have been reported in Cornwall's hospitals in today's NHS update.
Yesterday there was a sizeable increase in the county's total as The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust registered a further seven deaths.
The total number of deaths at the Trust is 94, a further 29 have taken place at the Cornwall Partnerships NHS Trust which totals 223 deaths in Cornwall's hospitals since the start of the pandemic.
Nationally, a further 884 people who tested positive for Covid-19 have died in hospitals in England in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number to 58,712.
Patients were aged between 27 and 101 years old. All except 48 (aged 38 to 101 years old) had known underlying health conditions.
The dates of death range from December 4, 2020 to January 13, 2021.
Their families have been informed.
Of these, 38 deaths were in the south west.
In other coronavirus-related news:
Coronavirus cases in Cornwall have risen further in the last week – although at the slower rate of 12.8 per cent than reported last Wednesday.
However, a few areas have seen a particularly noticeable spike in figures, once of which is Helston.
All care home residents in the Falmouth and Penryn have now been vaccinated against Covid-19 it has been announced.
Falmouth and Penryn Primary Care Networks (PCN) is now waiting for further supplies of vaccine so they can invite more patients in to the surgery.
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