The South Hams has now gone 13 weeks without a COVID-19-related death, latest official figures show.

Only one death relating to coronavirus has been recorded in the latest ONS figures for Devon, with no deaths in Cornwall.

The only death recorded in the latest figures occurred at someone’s private residence in West Devon, with no deaths recorded in either a hospital or a care home.

It is the second consecutive week where only one death was recorded in Devon, and is the 10th week in a row across Devon and Cornwall combined that the number of deaths has been in single figure, 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 and the South Hams and North Devon 13 weeks, Torridge 12 weeks, Torbay 11 weeks, Exeter and Teignbridge ten weeks, Mid Devon five weeks, and Plymouth four weeks, and Cornwall one week without a death being recorded.

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.

Of the 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.