South Hams has now gone 17 weeks without recording a COVID-19-related death, official figures show.

But four new deaths relating to coronavirus in Devon and Cornwall have been registered, latest ONS figures reveal.

The figures from the ONS, relate to the week of September 12 and September 18, but were registered up to September 26, and show that three of the 318 deaths that occurred in the two counties saw COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.

A fourth death – which occurred in Mid Devon in someone’s private home in the week of July 11 to 17 – has also been registered this week.

The three new deaths that occurred in the week of September 12 and September 18 were all in care homes in Plymouth.

It is the fifth week in a row were no new deaths were recorded in Cornwall, is the 14th week in a row across Devon and Cornwall combined that the number of deaths has been in single figures.

After nine consecutive weeks, the run of deaths recorded being either zero, one, or two has ended.

In total, 581 deaths from coronavirus have been registered across Devon and Cornwall, with 306 in hospitals, 229 in care homes, 45 at home, and one in a hospice.

Of the deaths, 210 have been registered in Cornwall, 95 in Plymouth, 58 in Torbay, 50 in East Devon, 39 in Exeter, 33 in Teignbridge, 26 in North Devon, 20 in Torridge, 19 in Mid Devon, 19 in West Devon, 12 in the South Hams, and none in the Isles of Scilly.