Coronavirus in Cornwall round up: Tuesday, January 12 The latest Covid-19 case information for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has been published. As of 4.50pm today, (Tuesday, January 12) there have been 242 new cases recorded in the previous 24 hours. The total number of cases in the local authority area since the start of the pandemic now sits at 9,202. There were 1,938 cases recorded in the seven days leading up to January 7. Data from the most recent five days is not shown due to being incomplete. This represents a weekly rate of 338.9 cases per 100,000 people. The number of people testing positive for coronavirus in the UK has increased by 45,533.
Devon and Cornwall Police Federation has written to the area’s MPs calling on the Government to prioritise policing for the Covid-19 vaccination - to ensure officers can keep themselves, their families and the public safe. Currently more 230 Devon and Cornwall Police officers are off work with Covid-19 or having to self-isolate. This is on top of more than 150 police staff colleagues off for virus related reasons and the other officers and staff who are off work for other sickness reasons. In his letter to the areas 18 MPs, Devon and Cornwall Police Federation Chairman Andy Berry said that if officers are not given a level of priority for the vaccine then, with sickness levels continuing to rise, the operational effectiveness of the force could come into question.
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