Almost 400 new cases of Covid recorded in Cornwall and Scilly over the weekend
Latest figures from Public Health England show 17,600 local people have tested positive since the pandemic began
The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly increased by 379 over the weekend, official figures show.
Public Health England figures show that 17,600 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Monday (July 5) in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, up from 17,221 the same time on Friday.
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 3,078 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 7,609.
Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 75,365 over the period, to 4,930,534.
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly's cases were among the 250,757 recorded across the South West, a figure which rose by 4,853 over the period.
Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.
You can check the latest figures for Cornwall and the UK here.