Over 17,000 people in Cornwall have caught coronavirus since pandemic began
Figures from Public Health England show 169 new cases were recorded in the 24 hours to Thursday morning (1st July)
The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly increased by 169 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.
Public Health England figures show that 17,038 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Thursday (July 1) in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, up from 16,869 the same time on Wednesday.
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.
What are the most recent coronavirus figures in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly?
In the seven days to Wednesday 23rd June, Cornwall had recorded almost 400 new cases of the Delta variant of coronavirus: Read more.
In the seven days to Friday 25th June, Cornwall recorded 880 new cases of coronavirus.
Parts of St Ives, Newquay and Falmouth are among the so-called cluster hotspots.
44 cases were recorded in Falmouth East in the seven days to June 26th.
That is a slight fall (-6), however the case rate for the area now stands at 628.6 per 100,000 people, which is one of the highest in the south-west.
The rate of infection in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly now stands at 2,980 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 7,229.
Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 27,556 over the period, to 4,828,463.
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly's cases were among the 243,960 recorded across the South West, a figure which rose by 1,767 over the period.
Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.
You can check the latest coronavirus figures for Cornwall and the UK here.