The latest Covid case information for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has been published.

In the most recent update, as of 4.17pm today (Tuesday, December 8), the local authority area is shown to have 13 new cases recorded in the preceding 24 hours.

It marks a very small rise on yesterday's figure, which sat at nine and was the first time the daily confirmed cases for the county had been in single figures for several weeks.

The government website states that the total number of cases in the local authority area now sits at 3,888.

There were 137 cases recorded in the seven days lead up to December 4. Data from the most recent five days is not shown due to being incomplete.

This represents a weekly rate of 24.0 cases per 100,000 people.

The UK has had 16,578 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 1,766,819 nationally since the start of the pandemic.

Last Friday saw a further rise in the number of people who have died in Cornwall after testing positive for coronavirus.

The update from NHS England on that day showed that one more person had died at the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust, bringing the total to 71.

Their death was recorded on the preceding Wednesday, December 2.

The last confirmed hospital death before that was on Thursday, November 19.

The total number of hospital deaths in Cornwall stands at 97, with the remaining 26 taking place at the Cornwall Partnerships NHS Trust earlier in the year.

Nationally a further 344 people who tested positive for Covid-19 have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 43,248.

Patients were aged between 16 and 100 years old. All except 11 (aged 51 to 96 years old) had known underlying health conditions.

Dates of deaths range from October 18 to December 8, with the majority being on or after December 4. Their families have been informed.

Of these, 24 deaths were in the south west, but none in Cornwall.

In today's other coronavirus news:

A care worker from Falmouth and her teenage daughter became the first people in Cornwall to receive the Covid-19 vaccine this morning.

It is as the NHS in Cornwall becomes part of the biggest immunisation programme in history as part of the battle against the pandemic.

Read the full story here.

New advice has been issued after two people suffered an allergic reaction after receiving the new Covid-19 reaction.

However, it applies only to a small number of people.

UK regulators have issued a warning that people who have a history of “significant” allergic reactions should not currently receive the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.

Read the full story here.

A one-minute silence will be held in Truro to remember those who have lost their lives to Covid-19.

Lionel Knight, Truro's Town Crier, will be leading the minute of silence at 7pm during the late-night Christmas shopping evening on Wednesday, December 16. The Christmas Lights in Boscawen Street will also be turned off.

Read the full story here.