Just one covid death in Devon in latest figures

Lowest since October

Just one person has died in Devon with covid in the latest weekly figures, the lowest total for more than seven months.

Figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) for the week ending 9 April, show that one of the 304  deaths registered in the county - in East Devon - had covid-19 on the death certificate.

It is the lowest weekly total in Devon and Cornwall since the week ending 25 September – when no deaths were recorded – and the lowest weekly total for Devon since the first week of October.

It is the second week of the last three in which no deaths in Cornwall were registered – and the third successive week where Torbay and Plymouth have had no deaths related for Covid-19 recorded.

The only death in week 14 (April 3-9) was of one person from East Devon in a hospital – although the figures saw two backdated deaths for week 13 (March 27-April 2) – one in Exeter and East Devon – and one from week 6 (February 6-12) – in West Devon – added.

No deaths so far been registered in the Isles of Scilly, and there were no deaths in the most recent week in Exeter and Mid Devon, in Torridge and South Hams (for the 2nd week running), Torbay or Plymouth (for the 3rd week running), Teignbridge (for the 6th week running), West Devon (for the 8th week running) and North Devon (for the 9th week running) were registered.

In total, 1,728 deaths from coronavirus have been registered in Devon and Cornwall: 952 in hospitals, 654 in care homes, 110 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.

Of the deaths, 570 have been registered in Cornwall, 233 in Plymouth, 206 in East Devon, 167 in Torbay, 127 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.

So far in 2021, there have been 308 deaths in Cornwall, 94 in Plymouth, 82 in East Devon, 67 in Teignbridge, 58 in Torbay, 55 in Exeter, 35 in Mid Devon, 27 in South Hams, 14 in North Devon, 14 in Torridge and 10 in West Devon.