PEOPLE have been urged to stay away from hospitals if they have Covid.

‘Please don’t visit friends and family in our hospitals if you have Covid or other illnesses,’ – that’s the message from Devon’s NHS, as the number of people in hospital with Covid-19 remains high.

Many of the restrictions brought in to reduce the spread of Covid-19 in the community have come to an end, but people are still required to wear a mask in health settings and are being asked to wash and sanitise their hands.

And anyone with symptoms of Covid-19 or other illnesses that can spread easily, such as flu or norovirus, is urged not to visit patients in hospital.

Government figures for Covid are no longer released over the weekend.

The last figures released for Teignbridge were on Friday when it was revealed that between March 5 and 11, 1,057 people had a confirmed positive test result. This shows an increase of 84.1% compared to the previous seven days.