By Daniel Clark
Covid cases in Devon and Cornwall fall below 1,000 for first time in nine weeks. Main picture from file: John Fielding The number of new coronavirus cases confirmed across Devon and Cornwall in the previous seven days has fallen below 1,000 for the first time since the start of October. A rolling weekly total of 869 new cases has been confirmed across the two counties – the lowest since the week ending October 2 – with the 104 cases confirmed on Friday the lowest since October 12. But while cases are falling in most areas, there have been very small rises in Mid Devon, East Devon and Teignbridge.
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Another Plymouth hospital patient has died after testing positive for coronavirus, the latest figures from NHS England confirm.
A heartbroken mother has given a harrowing account of how her baby son was still born after panicking midwives pushed on her stomach at a hospital linked to at least 20 maternity deaths.
Charlotte Barnett told an inquest at Exeter s County Hall today that during labour at the North Devon District Hospital, her son Freddie was breached and his foot was delivered first.
She said midwives were told by a doctor to push on her stomach in an effort to deliver the baby naturally.
Ms Barnett of Westward Ho! Devon, was left absolutely inconsolable when a nurse told her, her son Freddie had died.
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