The daily Covid-19 case figures in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly showed that 452 new people tested positive for the virus in the previous 24 hours, up on yesterday's figure of 341.

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 2,761 people testing positive in the seven days leading up to last Friday, December 10, down on yesterday's 2,807 weekly total.

The weekly case rate average has dropped to 479.7 cases per 100,000, down from the 487.7 average 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 is now 74,018.

The daily number of people testing positive for coronavirus in the UK shows 78,610 new cases, well up from 59,610 cases yesterday, die to the Omicron variant. This takes the total of cases since the start of the pandemic to 11,010,286.

When it comes to recent hospital admissions in Cornwall, there were 43 patients with the virus in Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust hospitals. Two were in ventilation beds. Two patients in Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust hospitals up to Tuesday, December 7 - the most recent data given by the government, updated weekly.

The national figures are more up to date, and show a total of 7,673 patients with the virus in UK hospitals as of Tuesday, December 14, with 896 in ventilation beds.

In the most recent update, the combined number of Covid-19 related deaths in total in the Duchy’s hospitals since the start of the pandemic stayed at 349 after the most recent death on Saturday, December 11.

The total number recorded at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust since the start of the pandemic has risen to 284. 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 – has remained at 616 deaths in the 28 days since a positive Covid case, including three in the most recent update.

The total number of deaths in Cornwall simply with Covid-19 on the death certificate remains at 712 from data available this week. It shows that nine new deaths occurred in the week ending Friday, December 3.

The overall UK figures show 165 more people having died within 28 days of their first positive test result, up from 150 yesterday.

Total UK deaths within 28 days since the start of the pandemic stand at 146,791. These figures include people in care home and other settings.

Up to Tuesday, December 14, a total of 51,332,920 people in the UK have had their first Covid-19 vaccination dose, while 46,842,497 have had their second dose. A total of 24,732,162 have had their booster jab or third dose.

In Cornwall 455,758 have had their first jab while 424,633 have had their second and 244,487 are reported to have had their third dose or booster.