Number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Cornwall passes 3,500
A further 75 cases were recorded over the weekend
The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly increased by 75 over the weekend, official figures show.
Public Health England figures show that 3,570 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Monday (November 23) in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, up from 3,495 the same time on Friday.
The health body is now including Pillar 2 tests – those carried out by commercial partners – alongside Pillar 1 tests, which are analysed in NHS or PHE laboratories and which made up the first stage of the Government's mass testing programme.
The rate of infection in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly now stands at 624 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 2,336.
Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 15,450 over the period to 1,527,495.
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly's cases were among the 74,225 recorded across the South West, a figure which rose by 1,443 over the period.
Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.