Another coronavirus death confirmed in Cornwall
A single death has been confirmed by NHS England across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in the last 24 hours
Shannon HardsSenior Editor
Another life has been lost due to coronavirus in Cornwall, the latest figures from NHS England show.
It brings the total number of people who have tragically died in the county to 59.
The confirmed death in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly was among 429 across England over the last 24 hours, taking the overall total in the country to 14,829.
The latest death in Cornwall was registered at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, where 46 have died. The other 13 deaths have been among Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust patients.
There were a further three deaths in neighbouring Devon, where a total of 107 have now died with COVID-19.
The Government has been criticised for not testing people more widely and there are fears that many more deaths are going unrecorded in care homes and in the community.
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Official data is released daily but is limited. At 2pm every day, NHS England updates its confirmed hospital deaths for each NHS hospital trust.
Then in the mid-afternoon Public Health England updates its figures for confirmed cases. These are recorded differently - by local authority area rather than hospital trust.
Yesterday saw the death toll in UK hospitals pass 16,000 after 596 new deaths were reported.
An NHS England spokesperson said: "A further 429 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 14,829.
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"Patients were aged between 40 and 101 years old. 15 of the 429 patients (aged between 49 and 92 years old) had no known underlying health condition.
"Their families have been informed."
In other pandemic news today, the Government scheme for workers who have been furloughed - given a temporary leave of absence - is now up and running.
And new research suggests that far more people have had the coronavirus without any symptoms, fuelling hope that it will turn out to be much less lethal than originally feared.
Based on known cases, health officials have said the virus usually causes mild or moderate flu-like illness.
Coronavirus lockdown - when you should leave your home
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told the people of the UK they 'must stay at home', with these exceptions:
Shopping for basic necessities, for example food and medicine, which must be as infrequent as possible
One form of exercise a day, for example a run, walk, or cycle – alone or with members of your household. Police have said you must not drive to a location to do this
Any medical need, or to provide care or to help a vulnerable person
Travelling to and from work, but only where this absolutely cannot be done from home
Even when doing these activities, you should be minimising time spent outside of the home and ensuring you are two metres apart from anyone outside of your household, says the NHS.