There have been a record 374 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Greater Lincolnshire on Wednesday, with a further four deaths reported too.

The latest UK coronavirus dashboard figures as of Tuesday evening showed 223 new cases in Lincolnshire, 59 in North Lincolnshire and 92 in North East Lincolnshire.

The figures also include 52 more cases in South Kesteven district.

Overall, it means there have been 5,960 cases confirmed across Greater Lincolnshire in October alone.

NHS figures reported no new COVID-related deaths at hospitals across Greater Lincolnshire.

The government's coronavirus dashboard, which includes those both in and out of hospitals and those of residents in hospitals outside the county, however reported the deaths of two residents each in Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.

Nationally, cases increased by 24,701 to 942,275, while deaths jumped by 310 to 45,675.

Lincolnshire is currently still on the medium (tier 1) level for the the new three-tier lockdown system of COVID-19 risk, which means it has no extra restrictions on top of the nation-wide ones.

A meeting of county leaders on Wednesday decided to continue with the status quo, but warned they were alert to any changes in numbers.

However, it has now been confirmed that the whole of Nottinghamshire will now go into Tier 3, not the few districts and city region previously announced.

It means Lincolnshire will be surrounded by Tier 3 areas, which will impact on county residents' lives.

Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire for Wednesday, October 28

10,552 cases (up 374)

6,736 in Lincolnshire (up 223)

1,744 in North East Lincolnshire (up 92)

The 6736 for Lincolnshire is equivalent to 884.9 cases per 100,000 of population.

This compares with an England average of 1419 cases per 100,000 based on its 799,019 confirmed cases to date.

Around the region, Leicester increased 125 to 10,312 or 2911.2 cases per 100,000.

Leicestershire increased 254 to 10,032, or 1420.7 cases per 100,000.

In the districts, Melton is up 11 to 511 or 997.9 per 100,000.

Peterborough is up 52 to 2636 or 1303 per 100,000.

Rutland is up 8 at 318 or 976.5 per 100,000.

South Holland is up 35 to 1093 or 1150.3 per 100,000.

And South Kesteven is up 26 to 1242 or 872 cases per 100,000.

Greater Lincolnshire also reports 461 deaths (up 10)

313 from Lincolnshire (up two)

47 from North East Lincolnshire (up two)

6 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)

134 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (no change)

Nationally, the UK has reported to date 917,575 cases and 45,365 deaths.

DATA SOURCE — FIGURES CORRECT AT THE TIME OF the latest update. postcode data includes deaths not in healthcare facilities or in hospitals outside authority boundaries.