Second week in a row there have been no Covid-19 deaths recorded in Cornwall

The Isle of Scilly has yet to see a coronavirus related death according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics

Author: Helen Down & Richard Whitehouse, Local Democracy ReporterPublished 8th Sep 2020
Last updated 8th Sep 2020

No new deaths relating to coronavirus Cornwall or Devon have been recorded in the latest ONS figures.

The latest figures from the ONS, relate to the week of August 22 and August 28, but were registered up to September 5.

They show no deaths anywhere in Devon and Cornwall where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. 263 deaths were recorded in total across the two counties.

It is the second week in a row that Cornwall has not seen any new deaths recorded and is the 11th week in a row across Devon and Cornwall combined that the number of deaths has been in single figures, and the seventh week in a row where the number has been either zero, one, or two. The Isles of Scilly has still yet to see a COVID-19 related death

In total, 575 deaths from coronavirus have been registered across Devon and Cornwall, with 306 in hospitals, 224 in care homes, 44 at home, and one in a hospice.

There have been two Covid-19 registered care home deaths in the past six weeks. Devon has seen no care home coronavirus registered deaths in that time.

Of the total deaths, 210 have been registered in Cornwall, 91 in Plymouth, 58 in Torbay, 50 in East Devon, 39 in Exeter, 33 in Teignbridge, 26 in North Devon, 20 in Torridge, 18 in Mid Devon, 18 in West Devon, 12 in the South Hams, and none in the Isles of Scilly.