Daily Covid-19 cases in Cornwall have risen slightly in in the latest update from the government and there has been a further new death.

Today’s daily new Covid-19 case figures in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly show 269 new people have tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, up from 243 yesterday.

The weekly total number of people with at least one positive Covid-19 test result (either lab-reported or lateral flow device) is on a five-day delay. The latest data shows a combined 2,198 people testing positive in the seven days leading up to last Sunday, September 5.

It means the weekly case rate average now stands at 381.9 cases per 100,000 people, down from 383.5 yesterday. For this figure the government uses the mid-2020 estimates for the permanent population of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

The overall total of cases in Cornwall since the start of the pandemic now stands at 39,259.

The daily number of people testing positive for coronavirus in the UK shows 37,622 new cases.

This takes the total of cases since the start of the pandemic to over seven million at 7,168,806.

In the most recent update from NHS England the combined number of Covid-19 related deaths in total in the Duchy’s hospitals since the start of the pandemic remains at 298, following a death on Sunday (September 5)

The total number recorded at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust since the start of the pandemic is now 234, while at the Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust it is still 64.

The overall number of deaths in Cornwall – including deaths in care homes and other settings – has risen to 516 in the 28 days since a positive Covid case, including one in the last 24 hours.

The total number of deaths in Cornwall simply with Covid-19 on the death certificate has increased to 604 in the most recent data available. It shows that six new deaths occurred in the week leading up to Friday, August 28, the most recent date given.

The overall UK figures show that 147 more people have died within 28 days of their first positive test result.

Total UK deaths within 28 days since the start of the pandemic stands at 133,988. These figures include people in care home and other settings.

Up to Thursday, September 9 a total of 48,370,340 people in the UK have had their first Covid-19 vaccination dose, while 43,805,608 have had their second dose.

In Cornwall it is 435,743 with their first dose and 403,667 with their second.