Number of coronavirus patients in Cornwall's hospitals falls to 18 in a week
Devon's figures have dropped to their lowest level since early October
Last updated 19th Mar 2021
The number of patients in Cornwall's hospitals after a testing positive for coronavirus has fallen again.
Figures show as of Tuesday morning (9th March), eighteen were being treated at the Royal Cornwall and Cornwall Partnership trusts.
That's down from 23 at the same time the week before.
The number of patients in all of Devon's hospitals has dropped to levels not seen since early October.
There were 36 patients across the county in hospital after a positive test as of Tuesday morning, down on the 43 as of the previous Tuesday.
In total there were 17 patients at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (up from 12 as of March 2nd), 6 at Torbay Hospital (down from 10), 12 in Derriford Hospital in Plymouth (down from 18), 1 at North Devon District Hospital (down from 2), and none in Devon Partnership NHS Trust units (down from 1) although not all patients may not be local given some Devon's hospital were providing mutual aid to others.
The figure for the Torbay is the lowest since October 11 and Derriford since October 18.
And the number of patients in mechanical ventilation beds across the two counties is down as well to 10, from 16 last week, with four in Exeter, and three in Plymouth and Cornwall.
The figures show the amount of patients in hospital following a positive COVID-19 test who are currently occupying a bed.
But not every patient would necessarily have been admitted to hospital due to COVID-19, with a number of patients either contracting the virus inside the hospital, or being admitted for unrelated reasons but subsequently testing positive asymptotically when given routine tests.
You can check the latest NHS figures for Cornwall and Devon here.