There have been eight new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Greater Lincolnshire on Wednesday and one death.

Daily figures released by the government showed the number of cases increased from 3,534 to 3,542 – with seven new cases confirmed in Lincolnshire and one more in North Lincolnshire.

No further cases were confirmed in North East Lincolnshire.

The government's dashboard did not update yesterday (Tuesday) due to "technical issues" so the figures cover both Tuesday and Wednesday.

The current breakdown is:

2,582 in Lincolnshire (up from 2,575)

220 in North East Lincolnshire (no change)

Lincolnshire's 2,582 is an increase of 7 over the past two days and is equivalent to a rate of 339.2 cases per 100,000.

This compares with the England average of 481.4 based on the country's 270,971 cases.

Leicester now reports 5329 cases, an increase of 99 over the two days. It's rate is now 1,504.4 per 100,000.

Leicestershire now reports 3,419 cases, up 18, giving it a rate of 484.2.

Among the districts, Melton is up 3 over the past two days at 200 (390.6).

Peterborough is at 1,518 , up 14, with a rate of 750.5.

Rutland remains at 102 (255.5).

South Holland is up 1 at 716 (753.5).

And South Kesteven is up 1 at 431 (302.6).

Today's NHS figures also showed there had now been no COVID-19 related deaths reported in hospitals for 14 days.

However, government figures for coronavirus deaths increased by one. These figures include deaths outside of hospitals or in hospitals outside the region.

The breakdown of the 466 deaths reported by government is:

323 from Lincolnshire (no change)

36 from North East Lincolnshire (no change)