Reading in MYSQL data as integer type

[Daveinthebigcity]

Hi,
I'm using mysql.connector to query my databases but I'm having trouble with the data type returned.
in my query result I'm just looking for a count of all the rows in a table and I'm using the query:

 
getCount.execute("SELECT count(*) from tablename")
countresult = getCount.fetchall()

This does return the value I want i.e. 10, however the returned data is [(10,)] which I then have to string format and convert into an
integer.
I can't seem to figure out the quick way to return the value just as an integer to shorten my code.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dave