There have been 50 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and one new hospital death in Greater Lincolnshire this weekend.

Government figures on Monday reported 38 new positive tests in Lincolnshire, with four in North East Lincolnshire and eight in North Lincolnshire.

The weekend numbers are higher than the total new cases of the previous five days (47).

This means there have been 97 cases in our region in the first week of September, compared to 204 for the whole month of August.

NHS statistics over the weekend showed one further death in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole hospitals – the second in 36 days and taking hospital deaths to 268.

NHS England said all the patients who died this weekend had underlying health conditions.

Government figures, however, which also include deaths outside of hospitals or outside the county, do not yet reflect the latest deaths, having decreased by one on Friday, but bounced back up to its original figure over the weekend.

Overall, Greater Lincolnshire has reported 3,769 cases (up 50).

This is made up of :

2,743 in Lincolnshire (up from 2,705)

778 in North Lincolnshire (up from 770)

248 in North East Lincolnshire (up from 244)

Overall, the region reports 390 deaths (up 1)

267 from Lincolnshire (no change)

89 from North Lincolnshire (up from 88)

34 from North East Lincolnshire (no change)

Of the total, 268 were in hospital.

144 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (no change)

4 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)

1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)

119 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (up from 118) Across the UK, there have been 347,152 cases to date, with 41,551 deaths.