Over 19,000 people across Cornwall have now had coronavirus
Another 225 new cases have been recorded here in the latest 24 hour period
The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly increased by 225 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.
Public Health England figures show that 19,160 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Wednesday (July 14) in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, up from 18,935 the same time on Tuesday.
The health body recently changed the way it records the figures.
Cases identified through a positive lateral flow test – those which can deliver results within half an hour – will no longer be counted if the person then takes a PCR test, which is sent to a lab to be checked, and receives a negative result within three days.
These cases are now being removed daily.
The rate of infection in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly now stands at 3,351 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 8,084.
Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 41,748 over the period, to 5,233,207.
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly's cases were among the 272,712 recorded across the South West, a figure which rose by 3,346 over the period.
Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.
You can find the source data here.