Over 13,000 people have tested positive for Covid in Cornwall since pandemic began
The most recently released figures show a further 60 new cases were confirmed in the Duchy and Isles of Scilly in 24 hours
Last updated 10th Feb 2021
More than 13,000 people in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have tested positive for Covid since the start of the pandemic.
The most recently released 24 hour figures show 60 new cases have been been confirmed.
Public Health England says 13,042 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Tuesday, up from 12,982 the same time on Monday.
The health body is now including Pillar 2 tests - those carried out by commercial partners - alongside Pillar 1 tests, which are analysed in NHS or PHE laboratories and which made up the first stage of the Government's mass testing programme.
The rate of infection in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly now stands at 2,281 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 6,183.
Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 12,364 over the period, to 3,972,148.
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly's cases were among the 199,903 recorded across the south-west a figure which rose by 765 over the period.
Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.
You can check the latest case figures for Cornwall and the south-west here.
Another coronavirus-related death has been recorded at the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
NHS England figures show 50 people had died in hospital at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as of 5pm on Monday (February 8th).
That was an increase of one compared to Sunday, when there were 49.
It means there have been four deaths in the past week, down from seven the previous week.
The victims were among 3,824 deaths recorded across the South West.
Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.
This means some of the deaths that were first recorded in the latest period may actually have taken place days earlier.
NHS England guidance states: "Confirmation of Covid-19 diagnosis, death notification and reporting in central figures can take up to several days and the hospitals providing the data are under significant operational pressure".
Only deaths that occur in hospitals where the patient has tested positive for Covid-19 are recorded, with deaths in the community excluded, such as those in care homes.
You can check the figures for Cornwall and the south-west here.