MORE than 30 per cent deaths of all deaths registered across Devon and Cornwall where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate have occurred in 2021, latest figures show.

A total of 1,380 deaths from coronavirus have been registered across Devon and Cornwall in the Office of National Statistics, with 964 of them occurring in 2020 and 416 in January 2021.

The two deadliest weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic have both occurred this month, with 147 deaths in the week between January 16-22, and 138 from the week of January 23-29 so far.

The figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) which relate to the week of January 23 to January 29, but registered up to February 6, show that 138 of the 458 deaths registered in the two counties had Covid-19 mentioned on the death certificate.

The deaths are likely to relate to infections contracted prior to the third national lockdown being implemented and the subsequent rapid reduction in newly confirmed cases.

Of the 138 deaths registered in week 4 (January 23 to 29), there were 49 deaths of people from Cornwall, 19 in Plymouth, 17 from Teignbridge, 17 in East Devon, nine in Torbay, seven in South Hams, six in Exeter, six in North Devon, four in Mid Devon, two in Torridge and two in West Devon. No deaths in the Isles of Scilly were registered.

67 of the deaths occurred in care homes, 66 in hospitals, with five at home, and one in a hospice.

The deaths included:

• Ten deaths in a care home, six in hospital, and one at home of someone from Teignbridge

• Five deaths in a care home and 14 in hospital of someone from Plymouth

• Five deaths in a care home and four in hospital of someone from Torbay

• 25 deaths in a care home, 23 in hospital, and one at home of someone from Cornwall

• Nine deaths in a care home, five in hospital and three at home of someone from East Devon

• Five deaths in a care home and one in hospital of someone from Exeter

• Three deaths in a care home and one in hospital of someone from Mid Devon

• One death in a care home and five in hospital of someone from North Devon

• Three deaths in a care home and four in hospital of someone from South Hams

• Two deaths in a hospital of someone from Torridge

• One death in a care home and one in hospital of someone from West Devon

A further 19 deaths from week 3 (January 16 to 22) have been backdated into the figures this week, with six deaths in Cornwall, three in Plymouth, East Devon, and Teignbridge, and one in Torridge and Torbay, and two deaths from week 2 (January 9 to 15), one in Plymouth and Cornwall.

Previous weeks have seen 147, 78, 54, 32, 46, 48, 52, 43, 43, 37, 24, 11, 13, 15, 6, 5, 2, 0, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 5, 1, 7, 10, 11, 15, 38, 44, 70, 85, 107, 90, 60, 16 and nine deaths registered.

In total, 1,380 deaths from coronavirus have been registered across Devon and Cornwall, with 777 in hospitals, 507 in care homes, 87 at home, two in a hospice, three in a communal establishment and four ‘elsewhere’.

Of the deaths, 404 have been registered in Cornwall, 183 in Plymouth, 176 in East Devon, 137 in Torbay, 110 in Exeter, 102 in Teignbridge, 69 in Mid Devon, 66 in North Devon, 50 in Torridge, 47 in the South Hams and 35 in West Devon, and none on the Isles of Scilly.

So far in 2021, there have been 142 deaths in Cornwall, 52 in East Devon, 44 in Plymouth, 42 in Teignbridge, 37 in Exeter, 29 in Torbay, 23 in South Hams, 21 in Mid Devon, 10 in North Devon, 9 in Torridge and seven in West Devon.