The latest weekly Covid-19 case figures in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly indicate 8,493 new people testing positive in the seven days up to Tuesday, March 22, up on last week's total of 5,949.

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 weekly case rate average has risen to 1,322.6 cases per 100,000 people, significantly up from last week's figure of 750.8.

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 now stands at 139,532.

The number of people testing positive for coronavirus in the UK in the last seven days is 592,459. This takes the total of cases since the start of the pandemic to 20,413,731.

When it comes to recent hospital admissions in Cornwall up to Tuesday, March 15 – the most recent data given by the government updated weekly - there were 93 patients with the virus in Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust hospitals and one patient in a ventilation bed, and 23 patients in Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust hospitals.

National healthcare update shows a total of 16,272 patients with the virus in UK hospitals as of Monday, March 21, the most recent data, with 299 in ventilation beds.

The combined number of Covid-19 related deaths in total in the Duchy’s hospitals since the start of the pandemic remains at 399.

The total number recorded at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust since the start of the pandemic has risen to 330 with a further seven deaths reported since March 10. The Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust the figures have not been included.

The government’s update shows the overall number of deaths in Cornwall – including deaths in care homes and other settings – has risen to 727 deaths, with seven additional deaths in the 28 days since a positive Covid case as of Tuesday, March 22.

The total number of deaths in Cornwall simply with Covid-19 on the death certificate is updated weekly and sits at 808 from data available this week.

Within the last seven days, the overall UK figures show 836 more people having died within 28 days of their first positive test result.

Total UK deaths since the start of the pandemic now stands at 186,094 as of Friday, March 11, the latest data available at the time of writing.

The latest vaccination figures show a total of 52,751,751 people in the UK have had their first Covid-19 vaccination dose, while 49,325,037 had their second dose. A total of 38,665,626 have had their booster jab or third dose.

In Cornwall 462,809 had had their first dose, 441,019 their second and 365,823 their booster.