10 coronavirus related deaths in Cornwall over the past week
It is a rise from five during the previous seven days
The number of coronavirus cases in Cornwall increased by 338 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and three more deaths were recorded.
A total of 38,747 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Cornwall when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on September 8 (Wednesday), up from 38,409 on Tuesday.
The rate of infection in Cornwall now stands at 6,733 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the England average of 10,792.
Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 38,486 over the period, to 7,094,592.
There were also three more coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Cornwall.
The dashboard shows 514 people had died in the area by September 8 (Wednesday) – up from 511 on Tuesday.
It means there have been 10 deaths in the past week, which is an increase on five the previous week.
They were among 7,161 deaths recorded across the South West.
The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in Cornwall.
Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.
The figures also show that four in five people in Cornwall have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.
The latest figures show 402,010 people had received both jabs by September 7 (Tuesday) – 80% of those aged 16 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.
Across England, 80% of people aged 16 and above had received a second dose of the jab.
Unlike at local level, the national rate was calculated using mid-2020 population estimates from the Office for National Statistics.
You can find the source data here.