A number of cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at a South East Cornwall primary school over the last few days.

The cases of the virus, believed to number four, are at Millbrook Church of England Primary School on the Rame Peninsula and a deep clean was reportedly undertaken on Friday and children who have been in contact with the affected pupils are self-isolating for 14 days.

On the school’s website headteacher Peter Bell has written to parents: “We have been working closely with Mr Pete Willsher from Public Health England and Harriet Kretowicz from the local authority to manage the outbreak and we are following their advice to the letter.

“They are closely monitoring all the developments and I am in daily meetings with them to decide the safest course of action. They are happy with the infection control measures we have in place....

“I will keep you updated with events as they happen.”

Across South East Cornwall as a whole the number of cases remains low, and the previously reported ‘cluster’ areas in Liskeard and Torpoint have now gone from the latest Public Health England map of the latest totals for the period October 13-19, meaning they have two or fewer cases of the virus. A ‘cluster’ is defined as being three or more cases in an area of 750,000 people.

However, the area of Dobwalls, Addington and Menheniot is back on the clusters map with three cases of coronavirus.

Of the remaining clusters, the one in the area of Lostwithiel and Penwithick no longer has cases in double figures – the health map now shows the number of people with the virus there has gone down to nine.

In the area of Saltash Latchbrook and St Stephens, however, the number of virus cases has risen by one to four people, while in Mid Saltash cases remain static at three people infected.

In Kingsand, Antony and Maryfield the situation also remains unchanged at seven cases of the virus; in Par there is again no change with three cases; and in Launceston the situation is again unchanged at three cases.