East Devon goes six weeks without a Covid-19 related death

East Devon has now gone six weeks without a Covid-19 related death, according to new statistics from the Office of National Statistics.

No deaths related to coronavirus have been recorded across Devon for the second week in a row.

But a death has been registered in a care home in Cornwall – the first time a death has been recorded in the county for four weeks.

The latest figures from the ONS, relate to the week of August 1 and August 7, but were registered up to August 15, and show just the one death recorded in Devon and Cornwall, with no additional backdated deaths having been added to the statistics.

The figures relate to deaths in which COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate were registered in that time period.

The Isles of Scilly has still yet to see a COVID-19 related death and the South Hams have now gone 11 weeks, North Devon 11 weeks, Torridge 10 weeks, Torbay nine weeks, Exeter and Teignbridge have gone eight weeks, East Devon six weeks, West Devon four weeks, Mid Devon three weeks, and Plymouth two weeks without a death being recorded.

Previous weeks have seen 0, 1, 1, 2, 5, 1, 7, 10, 11, 15, 38, 44, 69, 84, 107, 89, 60, 16, and nine deaths registered.

The figures show in which local authority the deceased's usual place of residence was. For instance, if someone may have died in Derriford Hospital but lived in West Devon, while the death may have been registered in Plymouth, their death would be recorded in the mortality statistics for the ONS figures against West Devon.

In total, 572 deaths from coronavirus have been registered across Devon and Cornwall, with 305 in hospitals, 223 in care homes, 43 at home, and one in a hospice.

Of the deaths, 209 have been registered in Cornwall, 91 in Plymouth, 58 in Torbay, 49 in East Devon, 39 in Exeter, 33 in Teignbridge, 26 in North Devon, 20 in Torridge, 18 in Mid Devon, 17 in West Devon, 12 in the South Hams, and none in the Isles of Scilly.