New figures show age breakdown of people in Devon and Cornwall catching coronavirus
The Health Secretary will look at the rate of new cases when assessing which tiers to put areas into
New figures from the Government have finally been released showing the breakdown of positive COVID-19 cases by age group and local authority area.
The figures, concerning positive cases reported this week (October 22-27), show that in Devon and Cornwall, the 20-29 age group are seeing the highest number of cases, but in Torbay, it is the 30-39 age group.
In Cornwall, just nine per cent of the cases are in the 60+ age group, with 24 per cent of cases in the 20-29 age range, and 22 per cent in the 10-19 age group.
Torbay has a higher number of new cases being reported in the 70-79 age group than the 10-19 age group, the only area in Devon and Cornwall to do so, and the Bay has the highest rate of cases for the 80-89 and 90+ age groups.
Torbay also has the highest percentage of cases in the 60+ age range (17 per cent) and the lowest in the 10-19 age range (just six per cent), with 16 per cent of cases in the 20-29, 40-49 and 50-59 age ranges and 23 per cent in the 30-39 range.
In the Devon County Council area, 14.5 per cent of the cases confirmed are from the 60+ age group, with another 14 per cent in the 50-59 age group, with the 20-29 (28 per cent) and 10-19 (19 per cent) with the highest amount.
In Plymouth, just 13 per cent of cases are in the 60+ age group, with 32 per cent of cases in the 20-29 age range, and 13 per cent in the 10-19 age group.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock had told BBC Radio 4 that Downing Street will be looking at the rate of new Covid-19 cases, the number of people with the virus in the over 60s age range, hospitalisations, and deaths related to coronavirus, when assessing which tiers to put areas into.