Another seven coronavirus-related deaths are recorded at Cornish hospitals

Three were at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals' Trust and four were at the Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Author: Emma HartPublished 3rd Feb 2021

Three new coronavirus deaths have been recorded at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust in a 24-hour period, according to the latest official figures.

NHS England data shows 144 people had died in hospital at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust as of 5pm on Monday (February 1st).

That was an increase of three compared to Sunday, when there were 141.

It means there have been 16 deaths in the past week, down from 23 the previous week.

Coronavirus deaths at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals' Trust

Also recorded, the first coronavirus deaths in five days at Cornwall Partnership Trust.

NHS England figures show 46 people had died in hospital at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as of 5pm on Monday (February 1st).

That was an increase of four compared to the 42 that had been recorded at the same point on Sunday, and the first deaths in five days.

The victims were among 3,589 deaths recorded across the south-west.

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.

This means some of the deaths that were first recorded in the latest period may actually have taken place days earlier.

NHS England guidance states: "Confirmation of Covid-19 diagnosis, death notification and reporting in central figures can take up to several days and the hospitals providing the data are under significant operational pressure."

Only deaths that occur in hospitals where the patient has tested positive for Covid-19 are recorded, with deaths in the community excluded, such as those in care homes.

Coronavirus deaths at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly increased by 36 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

Public Health England figures show that 12,564 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Tuesday (February 2) in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, up from 12,528 the same time on Monday.

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 2,197 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 5,993.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 16,840 over the period, to 3,852,623.

Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly's cases were among the 192,959 recorded across the South West, a figure which rose by 876 over the period.

Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.

You can check the full figures for Cornwall and the UK here.