There have been 24 new positive cases of coronavirus recorded in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in today’s latest update.
It means that as of 4pm today (Sunday) there have now been a total of 1,678 positive test results recorded in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly since the start of the pandemic.
This represents a rate of transmission in the region of 293.5 cases per 100,000 people, which while slowly rising is still relatively low compared to many parts of the country.
Across the UK the overall case figure now sits at 603,716 - a rise of 12,872 cases on the previous day.
The county’s first hospital death since September 22 was reported yesterday.
The death was recorded at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro on Thursday, but was only reported in the figures from NHS England on Saturday.
It takes the total number of hospital deaths in Cornwall up to 94, with 68 of them recorded at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust and 26 at the Cornwall Partnerships NHS Trust.
There have been no further deaths in Cornwall in the last 24 hours, but nationally a further 32 people who tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 30,379.
Their families have been informed.
There was one death reported in the south west as a whole, at the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Swindon.
No deaths relating to coronavirus in Cornwall were registered in the most recent weekly period, latest Office for National Statistics figures reveal.
The latest figures from the ONS, which has been collating data for deaths in all settings, including hospitals, care homes and the wider community, relate to the week of September 19 to September 25, but were registered up to October.
It means that Cornwall's overall coronavirus death toll remains at 210.
In today’s coronavirus-related news:
One of Truro’s most valuable heritage sites has been given a crucial lifeline with a gift of almost £150,000.
Truro Cathedral has been awarded £146,900 after successfully applying to the government's Cultural Recovery Fund for Heritage, set up to help the country’s cultural gems survive the coronavirus pandemic.
Half of people who were in hospital in Cornwall and Devon having tested positive for Covid-19 were admitted for other reasons in the latest figures.
The monthly NHS trusts situation report, which was published on Thursday but only covers up until October 1, showed six patients were in hospital across the two counties at that time.
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