Nearly 2,000 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the last seven days across Devon and Cornwall.

The total confirmed number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic has shot up to 12,001 across the two counties today.

List of clusters in Honiton and surrounding area:

Honiton South and West 4

Honiton North and East: 3

Dunkesewell, Upottery and Stockland: 4

Axminster: 4

Ottery St Mary and West Hill: 4

Feniton and Whimple: 7

Government statistics show that 1,946 new cases have been confirmed across the region in the past seven days, compared to 1,662 new cases confirmed last week.

The worst affected areas are East Devon and Torbay, where cases have more than doubled and North Devon, where cases have nearly doubled.

Mid Devon, Torridge and West Devon have seen small rises, as has the South Hams, with three more cases confirmed this week than last week.

Last week East Devon saw the highest number of new cases recorded, overtaking Plymouth.

In Plymouth, the total of new confirmed cases only rose by one compared to last week.

This means it is no longer the area within Devon where the most new cases are – that for the last week was East Devon.

Of the 1,946 new cases confirmed since October 30, 207 were in East Devon. This compares to the 1,662 new cases confirmed between October 24 and 30, which saw 124 in East Devon.

Maps by specimen date show cases are rising in East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, Torbay, Torridge and West Devon.

The number of people in hospital in the South West has risen to 514 from 386 as of last week and there are currently 67 people on a mechanical ventilator.

Across Devon and Cornwall, those in hospital following a positive Covid-19 test has risen by 50 per cent in the last week.

And the numbers of patients in mechanical ventilation beds has doubled in the last seven days, with 18 patients - compared to nine as of October 27.

In the last seven days, nine people have died in hospitals in Devon following a positive Covid-19 test, with one in Exeter, three in Torbay, and five in Plymouth.

In total, East Devon has had 913 positive cases.

It comes as Devon's Director of Public Health, Dr Virginia Pearson, has made an appeal for one more effort and urging everyone to 'act now to stop the virus in its tracks' and help prevent local health services from being overwhelmed this winter.

"Local people and businesses made huge sacrifices during the first lockdown and this really helped to keep the number of Covid-19 cases and related deaths down in the county," said Dr Pearson.

"We now need to come together again with one more big effort to help stop the second wave of the virus in its tracks.

"So please, keep alert to risk at all times.

"Follow the rules, use common sense and keep yourself and your family safe by not dropping your guard."