The one area of Sheffield with no recorded Covid deaths since pandemic began

The area where the most people have died is Crabtree and Fir Vale, where 68 deaths were recorded between March and November 2020. This is the latest data on record from the Office of National Statistics.

However, in one part of the city, no deaths have been recorded at all.

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The Devonshire Quarter, close to the city centre, is home to key shopping and recreational areas including Division Street, as well as Devonshire Green.

And while it is not a major residential part of the city, there is housing: primarily city centre flats and student accommodation.

The ONS records the ‘location’ of deaths based on the registered address of the deceased. This means that nobody who is registered as living in the Devonshire Quarter has died after testing positive for Covid-19.

The reason the number is so low could be because the population of that area is made up primarily of young professionals and students, and also because there are fewer people living there than in more residential areas of the city.

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In the seven days to January 1, the infection rate in the Devonshire Quarter was 124.7, reflecting 14 new cases reported in that week.

This is up from eight cases reported in the seven days before that, meaning the inhection rate there is rising.

However, it remains significantly below the average infection rate in Sheffield, which currently stands at 256.1.