Just one person in Devon dies of covid in latest figures

Lowest figure since September

Just one person has in Devon with covid in the most recently weekly total; the lowest total since the week ending September 25 – the last week when no deaths were recorded.

The figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) which relate to the week of March 27 to April 2, show four of the 289  deaths registered in the Devon and Cornwall had Covid-19 mentioned on the death certificate – with one in Mid Devon and three in Cornwall.

Of the four deaths registered in week 13 (March 27-April 2), there was one death of someone from Mid Devon in a hospital, and three deaths of people from Cornwall – one in a hospital, one in a care home, and one in a hospice.

No deaths so far been registered in the Isles of Scilly, and there were no deaths in East Devon, South Hams, Torbay or Plymouth, in Exeter and Torridge (for the 2nd week running), Teignbridge (for the 5th week running), West Devon (for the 7th week running) and North Devon (for the 8th week running) were registered.

In total, 1,724 deaths from coronavirus have been registered across Devon and Cornwall, with 949 in hospitals, 653 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.

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.