Cornwall's recorded eight Covid related deaths over the past week
Another five were confirmed over the weekend, along with over 1,700 new cases
Officials figures show the number of coronavirus cases in Cornwall increased by 1,758 over the weekend – and five more deaths were recorded.
A total of 99,396 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Cornwall when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on January 24 (Monday), up from 97,638 on Friday.
Latest weekly figures show Cornwall recorded 4,073 new cases in the week to Wednesday 19 January, giving the Duchy a case rate of 707.7 per 100,000 people.
Officials say Cornwall currently has the highest number of Covid patients in hospital since the first wave of the pandemic.
Figures show 107 with the virus were being treated on the Duchy's wards, as of Monday 24th January.
On Thursday, the Royal Cornwall Hospitals' NHS Trust announced it was restricting access for visitors, to those at end of life, maternity, paediatrics and exceptional circumstances.
Officials say the decision was made to help keep people safe.
People with a positive lateral flow test no longer need to take a follow-up PCR test to confirm the result unless they have coronavirus symptoms.
UK case numbers currently only include LFT results for England and Northern Ireland, with lateral flow testing data for Scotland due to be added in the coming weeks.
There were also five more coronavirus deaths recorded over the weekend in Cornwall.
The dashboard shows 650 people had died in the area by January 24 (Monday) – up from 645 on Friday.
It means there have been eight deaths in the past week, which is an increase on six the previous week.
They were among 8,587 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.
Figures reported on a Monday are likely to be lower as a result of a lag in reporting deaths over the weekend.
The figures also show that more than four in five people in Cornwall have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.
The latest figures show 433,431 people had received both jabs by January 23 (Sunday) – 82% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.
Across England, 84% of people aged 12 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.
The latest coronavirus figures for Cornwall can be found on the government's website.