A total of 176 new cases were confirmed across the two counties in the last week – the first week with less than 200 since the week ending September 12 – with the total since the start of the pandemic at 47,305.
Infection rates in Devon at an upper tier authority level are the lowest anywhere in England – falling to 9.2/100,000 – and the first time it is in ‘single figures’ since September 21 – with rates in Cornwall and Plymouth as low as they have been since September 18 and Torbay since September 20.
Cases confirmed in the last week fell almost everywhere compared to the previous week, including more than halving in Plymouth and Cornwall, although West Devon rose from four to five, and Torbay, rising from 19 to 26.
Government stats show that 176 new cases have been confirmed across the region in the past seven days in both pillar 1 data from tests carried out by the NHS and pillar 2 data from commercial partners, compared to 292 new cases confirmed last week.
Of the 292 new cases confirmed since April 2, 53 were in Cornwall, with 10 in East Devon, 12 in Exeter, 12 in Mid Devon, 3 in North Devon, 32 in Plymouth, 9 in South Hams, 11 in Teignbridge, 26 in Torbay, 3 in Torridge and 5 in West Devon
This compares to the 292 new cases confirmed between March 26 and April 2, of which 92 were in Cornwall, with 23 in East Devon, 25 in Exeter, 17 in Mid Devon, 9 in North Devon, 74 in Plymouth, 11 in South Hams, 15 in Teignbridge, 19 in Torbay, 3 in Torridge and 4 in West Devon
For specimens from between March 29 and April 4, Torridge has the second lowest infection rates in England at a lower tier level, with West Devon, East Devon, North Devon, South Hams, and Teignbridge all have rates below 10/100,000.
It comes as more than one in ten adults across Devon and Cornwall have now had both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.
The statistics, which provide the position as of April 4, show that there have been 1,115,085 vaccines delivered in the two counties, with 963,530 of them being the first dose.
In Devon, 652,345 people have had their first dose, with 100,258 of them having had a second dose, while in Cornwall, 311,185 people have had their first dose, with 51,297 a second dose.
In East Devon, South Hams, Torbay, Teignbridge, Torridge and West Devon, more than 70 per cent of adults have had at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.