People in Cornwall urged to be careful, considerate and Covid-aware over bank holiday
We are being reminded to follow the guidelines
A bank holiday coronavirus warning has gone out to Cornwall as people are urged to avoid busy hotspot areas.
Residents and visitors are being reminded to be careful, considerate and Covid-aware as they meet up with friends and family outdoors.
It comes as figures show the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for just one coronavirus patient in hospital as of Tuesday.
NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on April 27th was down from two on the same day the previous week.
There were five beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.
The figures also show that no new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to April 25. This was down from five in the previous seven days.
Meanwhile more than a quarter of people aged 45 and over in Cornwall have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.
NHS data shows 137,100 people had received both jabs by April 25 – 29% of those aged 16 and over, based on the latest population estimates from the Office for National Statistics.
Of those to have received both jabs, 120,938 were aged 45 and over – 40% of the age group.
It means 16,162 people aged between 16 and 44 have received both doses.
The figures also show 323,266 people in Cornwall have received at least one jab – 68% of those aged 16 and over.
It comes as the Government announced an extra 60 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus jab have been secured for a booster vaccination programme in the autumn.
"Please remember Covid is still out there, okay it's in small numbers, but if we spend time with lots of people in close confines then there is an opportunity to spread it.
"Have a nice time this weekend, but please remember hands, face, space, so try and keep that two metre space between people, meet up outdoors and the rules at the moment are two families or households, or six adults that can mix together outdoors, not indoors unfortunately.
"We can have lots of fun outdoors, going to beaches, going to parks, but if it looks a little bit busy, think about where you can go that might be less busy, try a different venue."
Brian O'Neill, public health consultant for Cornwall