Devon covid deaths: just two in latest weekly figures

Lowest since September

Figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) for 17 to 23 April, show two of the 320 deaths registered in the Devon and Cornwall with covid-19 on the death certificates - the lowest since the end of September. 

One person from Torbay died with covid at home, and one person death from East Devon died in hospital.

A further death of someone at home in Teignbridge from the previous week was added to the data this week.

No deaths relating to coronavirus in a care home occurred in the most recent weekly figures for the first time since the start of November.

In total, 1,737 deaths from coronavirus have been registered across Devon and Cornwall, with 955 in hospitals, 658 in care homes, 112 at home, five in a hospice, three in a communal establishment and four ‘elsewhere’.

Other communal establishments, as defined by the ONS, include defence bases, educational premises, prisons (including probation/bail hostel, prisons, detention centres and other detention), hotels, hostels, travel and temporary accommodation (including B&Bs, temporary shelter for homeless and holiday parks), and religious premises.

The ONS define elsewhere as all places not covered by the other definitions, such as deaths on a motorway, at the beach, climbing a mountain, walking down the street, at the cinema, at a football match, while out shopping or in someone else’s home.

Of the deaths, 572 have been registered in Cornwall, 233 in Plymouth, 210 in East Devon, 168 in Torbay, 129 in Teignbridge, 128 in Exeter, 82 in Mid Devon, 71 in North Devon, 55 in Torridge, 51 in the South Hams, 38 in West Devon, and none on the Isles of Scilly.