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

In the most recent update, as of 4.00pm today (Thursday, December 10), the local authority area is shown to have 21 new cases recorded in the preceding 24 hours.

The government website states that the total number of cases in the local authority area now sits at 3,909.

There were 130 cases recorded in the seven days lead up to December 5. Data from the most recent five days is not shown due to being incomplete.

This represents a weekly rate of 22.7 cases per 100,000 people.

The UK has had 20,964 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 1,787,783 nationally since the start of the pandemic.

The latest data on deaths from coronavirus in the south west has not yet been updated today.

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 yesterday (Wednesday, December 9) stood at 97, with the remaining 26 taking place at the Cornwall Partnerships NHS Trust earlier in the year.

In today's other coronavirus news:

The number of cluster areas in Cornwall has seen a small rise since the weekend but still remains lower than a week ago.

And the number of cases continues to fall further, in the latest update on the government website.

Read the full story here.

A sound engineer whose whole summer of work was cancelled when the pandemic struck has come up with an innovative idea to promote talent in Cornwall.

Rob Simpson has developed a live online showcase to help promote new music and artistic talent in the county.

Read the full story here.