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No Covid patients at three of Devon’s four hospitals, NHS figures reveal And across Devon and Cornwall, there are no patients in mechanical ventilation beds Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Three of Devon’s four hospitals are free of Covid-19 patients, latest figures from the NHS reveal – with no patients across Devon and Cornwall on ventilators. There have been no patients in hospital in North Devon following a positive Covid-19 test for more than three weeks – while it is two weeks since there was anyone in Torbay Hospital. Derriford Hospital in Plym...

One of Cornwall's hospitals has closed its doors to new admissions - thought to be as a result of an outbreak of coronavirus. A spokesperson for the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust confirmed that the West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance would not be taking in new patients for the time being. She said: "West Cornwall Hospital has put new admissions on hold. "Covid is continuing to circulate in the local community and this is a stark reminder of the need for everyone to follow restrictions, minimise contacts, keep a distance, wear face coverings and wash hands regularly.” It comes as f...

Patients with coronavirus in Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust hospitals has risen sixfold in a week. Picture of West Cornwall Hospital: Jaggery/Wikimedia Commons The number of patients in hospital in Cornwall with coronavirus is almost six times higher than a week ago. NHS England figures show that as of Tuesday morning (December 15), there were 29 patients at the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust who had tested positive for Covid-19. This was up from five a week earlier, on December 8. This is understood to be as a result of an outbreak in one of the sites, rather than from the wider communit...

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 ...