The number of coronavirus deaths across Cornwall and Devon in July decreased by 80 per cent on the previous month, figures from the Office of National Statistics show.

The latest data, which contains provisional analysis of all deaths that occurred in up to July 31 and registered up to August 15, where Covid-19 was involved.

Analysis lists the deaths that had the virus mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, whether it was the underlying cause of death or not.

There were just four deaths in the two counties – down from 20 in June – and a significant drop from the 118 in May, 373 in April, and 53 in March.

Maps divide the country into small patches of around 7,200 average population which are called Middle Super Output Areas (MSOA), and shows that of the four deaths in July, one was in Cornwall in Pool & Illogan Highway, one was in Plymouth in Higher Compton & Eggbuckland, one was in Crediton in Mid Devon, and one was in Horrabridge & Mary Tavy in West Devon.

Last month the Packet reported on the number of deaths in Cornwall up to the end of June, and revealed there were only five areas of Cornwall that had seen no deaths at all.

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In terms of figures for July, the lowest number and proportion of deaths involving Covid-19 across England were in the south west with 23 deaths, just 0.6 per cent of all deaths.

The south east had the highest number of deaths involving Covid-19 with 206 deaths (3.6 per cent of deaths in the south east), whereas the north west had the highest proportion of deaths involving Covid-19 with 4.0 per cent of all deaths (193 deaths).

Of the 336 local areas in England and Wales, 71 areas had no deaths involving Covid-19 in July, including East Devon, Exeter, North Devon, the South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge and Torbay.

So far in August there have been two new deaths in Cornwall confirmed, including one reported in this week's figures from the ONS involving a care home.