Hospital confirms its 250th Covid-related death since the start of the pandemic
However, Devon and Cornwall still has some of the lowest case rates in England according to the latest official data
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The 250th death of a patient who had tested positive for coronavirus at a hospital in Devon was confirmed by officials today.
Yesterday (February 24), it was reported that the combined coronavirus-related death toll in Cornwall s hospitals reached 250 - combining the 189 deaths at Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust hospitals and 61 at Cornwall Partnership Trust community hospitals.
The most recent death at a Cornish hospital was reported on February 21.
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SPECULATION over whether beds spotted stored in a warehouse at Threemilestone for a brand new Nightingale Hospital has been quashed. The beds were seen through the open doors of the old Cornwall Farmers building on the Threemilestone Estate, now operating as the Westfield Storage Depot . Cornish Dave tweeted the picture saying: Inside the old Cornwall Farmers building in the Threemilestone industrial estate, one can be seen tens of hospital beds. The building is now Westfield s storage depot.is this the location of the equipment for Cornwall s nightingale hospital?
@LeeTrewhela@PacketEmma inside the old Cornwall Farmers building in the Threemilestone industrial estate, one can be seen tens of hospital beds. The building is now Westfield s storage depot.is this the location of the equipment for Cornwall s nightingale hospital? pic.twitter.com/CGhYBkPuUG Cornish Dave (@burngold) December 28, 2020
Coronavirus in Cornwall round up: Monday, December 21 The latest Covid-19 case information for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has been published. In the most recent update, as of 4pm today (Monday, December 21), the local authority area is shown to have 55 new cases recorded in the preceding 24 hours. The government website states that the total number of cases in the local authority area now sits at 4,407. There were 361 cases recorded in the seven days lead up to December 16. Data from the most recent five days is not shown due to being incomplete. This represents a weekly rate of 63.1 cases per 100,000 people.
Coronavirus in Cornwall round up: Sunday, December 20 The latest Covid-19 case information for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has been published. In the most recent update, as of 4pm today (Sunday, December 20), the local authority area is shown to have 55 new cases recorded in the preceding 24 hours. The government website states that the total number of cases in the local authority area now sits at 4,352. There were 305 cases recorded in the seven days lead up to December 15. Data from the most recent five days is not shown due to being incomplete. This represents a weekly rate of 53.3 cases per 100,000 people.