NO deaths relating to coronavirus in Devon have been recorded in the latest weekly figures, with just one death in Cornwall.

The figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) which relate to the week of June 5 to June 11 but registered up to June 19, show that one of the 253 deaths registered in the two counties had Covid-19 mentioned on the death certificate – someone from Cornwall who died at home.

It is the eighth week in a row where there were no deaths in a care home in the two counties, and the 13th consecutive week where the total number of Covid related deaths was in single figures.

The death in Cornwall was the first for three weeks, with every other region of Devon, apart from Exeter, now having gone a month since the last death was recorded, with North Devon having not seen a death since the first week of February.

No deaths so far been registered in the Isles of Scilly, and there were no deaths in the most recent week in Exeter, in Mid Devon (for the fourth week running), East Devon, South Hams and Teignbridge (for the fifth week running), West Devon (for the sixth week running), Torbay (for the seventh week running), in Torridge and Plymouth (for the 11th week running), and North Devon (for the 18th week running) were registered.

In total, 1,751 deaths from coronavirus have been registered across Devon and Cornwall, with 962 in hospitals, 658 in care homes, 119 at home, five in a hospice, three in a communal establishment and four ‘elsewhere’.

So far in 2021, there have been 315 deaths in Cornwall, 94 in Plymouth, 88 in East Devon, 70 in Teignbridge, 59 in Torbay, 56 in Exeter, 36 in Mid Devon, 29 in South Hams, 14 in North Devon, 14 in Torridge and 12 in West Devon.