The daily Covid-19 case figures in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly show 547 new people tested positive for the virus in the previous 24 hours, an increase on Tuesday's figure of 445.

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 2,862 people testing positive in the seven days leading up to last Friday, November 26, a rise on Tuesday's 2,827 weekly total.

The weekly case rate average has continued to rise and now stands at 497.3 cases per 100,000, up again from a 491.2 average on Tuesday. 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 is now 68,158.

The daily number of people testing positive for coronavirus in the UK shows 48,374 new cases, an increase from 39,716 cases on Tuesday.

This takes the total of cases since the start of the pandemic to 10,276,007

When it comes to recent hospital admissions in Cornwall, there were 29 patients with the virus in Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust hospitals and five patients in Cornwall Partnership Trust hospitals on Wednesday, November 24 - the most recent data given by the government. Two were in ventilation beds.

The national figures are even more up to date, and show a total of 7,634 patients with the virus in UK hospitals as of this Monday, November 29, with 916 in ventilation beds.

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 has risen to 341 after an additional death on Wednesday, 29 November.

The total number recorded at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust since the start of the pandemic now stands at 276.

At the Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust the figure remains at 65.

The government’s update shows the overall number of deaths in Cornwall – including deaths in care homes and other settings – remaining at 602 deaths in the 28 days since a positive Covid case, after two deaths today.

The total number of deaths in Cornwall simply with Covid-19 on the death certificate now stands at 698 in the most recent data available this week. It shows that 14 new deaths occurred in the week ending Friday, November 12, the most recent date given.

The overall UK figures show 171 more people having died within 28 days of their first positive test result, a rise from 159 on Tuesday.

Total UK deaths within 28 days since the start of the pandemic stand at 169,020. These figures include people in care home and other settings.

Up to Monday, November 29, 50,963,718 people in the UK have had their first Covid-19 vaccination dose, while 46,367,149 have had their second dose. A total of 18,608,124 have had their booster jab or third dose.

In Cornwall 453,049 have had their first jab while 421,346 have had their second. No booster details are given.