Less than 5% of deaths in Devon and Cornwall since start of pandemic were due to Covid-19
Figures show that 647 of the almost 15,000 deaths between March and November were because of the virus
Last updated 5th Jan 2021
Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show the number of deaths recorded in each individual area of Devon and Cornwall between March and November.
A total of 14,691 deaths across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly were registered in the nine month period, with 647 of them having Covid-19 mentioned on the death certificate as the main cause of death.
Some of the 14,044 deaths ‘due to other causes’ includes deaths where the underlying cause was not COVID-19, but that COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate as a contributory cause of death.
It means that 4.4% of all deaths in Devon and Cornwall in that nine month period were because of Covid-19.
The figures show across the two counties, there were 15 deaths in March, 345 in April, 140 in May, 18 in June, 4 in July and August, 6 in September, 28 in October and 87 in November.
Areas where no Covid-19 deaths have yet to be recorded are Tamerton Foilot, King’s Tamerton & West Park, Preston & Shorton, Mid Saltash, Grampound Road, St Newlyn East and Cubert, Torpoint, Kingsand, Antony & Maryfield, St Day & Lanner, Padstow & St Issey, St Breward, Tredethy & Lanivet, Dunkesewell, Upottery & Stockland, Kilmington, Colyton & Uplyme, Poppleford, Otterton & Woodbury, Ilfracombe East, Lynton & Combe Martin, Barnstaple Sticklepath, Fremington & Instow, South Brent & Cornwood, Dartmouth, Wembury, Brixton & Newton Ferrers, Salcombe, Malborough & Thurlestone, Tedburn, Shillingford & Higher Ashton, Heathfield & Liverton, Teignmouth North, Newton Abbot, Highweek, Newton Abbot, Town Centre, Hartland Coast, Great Torrington, Winkleigh & High Bickington, Bere Alston, Buckland Monachorum & Yelverton and the Isles of Scilly.
In terms of deaths in November, the area with the highest number was Wellswood in Torbay, with five deaths, with Brixham Town (4), Mannamead & Hartley, Peverell, Wonford & St Loye’s and Dawlish South (3) the only other areas with more than two deaths.