Over 22,000 people in Cornwall have now tested positive for coronavirus
And one more Covid related death has been recorded in the last 24 hours
The number of coronavirus cases in Cornwall increased by 255 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.
A total of 22,127 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Cornwall when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on July 23 (Friday), up from 21,872 on Thursday.
The rate of infection in Cornwall now stands at 3,870 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 8,739.
Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 35,654 over the period, to 5,637,975.
There was also one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Cornwall.
The dashboard shows 477 people had died in the area by July 23 (Friday) – up from 476 on Thursday.
It means there have been three deaths in the past week, which is a decrease on four the previous week.
They were among 6,838 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.
The figures also show that more than two-thirds of people in Cornwall have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.
The latest figures show 343,035 people had received both jabs by July 22 (Thursday) – 70% of those aged 18 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.
Across England, 69% of people aged 18 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.
You can find the source data here.