More than 18,000 people across Cornwall and Scilly have caught Covid since pandemic began
Latest figures from Public Health England show 164 locals tested positive in the 24 hours to Thursday morning (8th July)
Last updated 9th Jul 2021
The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly increased by 164 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.
Public Health England figures show that 18,023 locals had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Thursday (July 8th), up from 17,859 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 current coronavirus case figures for Cornwall?
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly recorded 1,009 cases of coronavirus in the seven days to last Saturday (3nd July).
Parts of Falmouth, areas close to Newquay and St Austell Central are among the so-called cluster hotspots.
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The rate of infection in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly now stands at 3,152 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 7,750.
Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 31,977 over the period, to 5,022,893.
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly's cases were among the 256,687 recorded across the South West, a figure which rose by 2,105 over the period.
Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.