Covid case numbers in Cornwall continue to go up with another big rise in the daily number of positive cases rate in today's coronavirus figures.

Yesterday's update saw new positive daily cases rise to 89, but today the number for June 16 has leapt up to 108.

The total number of people with at least one positive COVID-19 test result per 100,000 population in the rolling 7-day period ending June 10, which are on a delay, has seen another big jump to 349 cases – the last five days not showing due to incomplete data. Yesterday it was 253 in the seven days leading up to June 9

The gives a weekly case rate per 100,000 of the population of 59.8.

This puts the overall total of cases in Cornwall since the start of the pandemic at 14,986.

There has been also been a big rise in the number of people testing positive for coronavirus in the UK, with 9,055 new cases in 24 hours. Yesterday it was 7,673. This takes the total to 4,589,814. nationally since the start of the pandemic.

NHS England hospital daily figures are now being published every weekday, rather than every day.

Today's data shows no further hospital deaths in Cornwall following a rise of one last Thursday (June 10), which was published in the figures the following day.

The combined number of Covid-19 deaths in total in the Duchy's hospitals since the start of the pandemic is now 266.

There have now been 204 deaths at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, while at the Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust it remains at 62.

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The overall number of deaths in Cornwall – including deaths in care homes and other settings – still shows 470 in the 28 days after a positive test on the government dashboard, due to a difference in reporting time.

But the number of deaths simply with Covid-19 on the death certificate now stands at 572 in the most recent data available. It showed two new deaths in the week leading up to Friday, May 28, the most recent date given.

The overall UK figures show that nine more people have died within 28 days of their first positive test result, up from three yesterday. This means the total UK deaths within 28 days since the start of the pandemic stands at 127,917. These figures include people in care home and other settings.

Up to the end of Monday, June 16 a total of 42,021,089 people in the UK have received their first Covid-19 vaccination dose, while 30,440,373 people have had their second dose.