No deaths relating to coronavirus in East Devon have been registered in the last four weeks, latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures reveal.

It is the 13th week in a row across Devon and Cornwall combined that the number of deaths has been in single figure, and the 9th week in a row where the figure of deaths has been either zero, one, or two.

The figures from the ONS, relate to the week of September 5 and September 11, but were registered up to September 19, and show that none of the 290 deaths that occurred in the two counties saw COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.

The Isles of Scilly has still yet to see a COVID-19 related death and the South Hams and North Devon have gone 16 weeks, Torridge 15 weeks, Torbay 14 weeks, Exeter and Teignbridge 13 weeks, Mid Devon seven weeks, Cornwall and East Devon four weeks, and Plymouth and West Devon one week without a death being recorded.

Previous weeks have seen 2, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 5, 1, 7, 10, 11, 15, 38, 44, 69, 84, 107, 89, 60, 16, and nine deaths registered.

No backdated deaths for previous weeks have been registered this week.

In total, 577 deaths from coronavirus have been registered across Devon and Cornwall, with 306 in hospitals, 226 in care homes, 44 at home, and one in a hospice

Of the deaths, 210 have been registered in Cornwall, 92 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, 19 in West Devon, 12 in the South Hams, and none in the Isles of Scilly.

The figures show in which local authority the deceased's usual place of residence was. For instance, if someone may have died in Derriford Hospital but lived in West Devon, while the death may have been registered in Plymouth, their death would be recorded in the mortality statistics for the ONS figures against West Devon.