Coronavirus crisis: First Greater Lincolnshire hospital death in 17 days

Greater Lincolnshire has reported its first Covid-19 related death in 17 days.

The COVID-related death was recorded in United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (ULHT).

Overall, ULHT has seen 812 deaths in its hospitals since the pandemic started.

However, it has been over a month since any hospital deaths were recorded in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLaG) hospitals – which have had 450 COVID deaths.

As of Wednesday, ULHT have seven COVID inpatients across all its hospitals and NLaG have 10 patients in their hospitals with the virus – three at Grimsby and seven at Scunthorpe. Of these, two patients are in intensive care at Scunthorpe.

Earlier this week, it was reported that no COVID-related deaths have been registered in North East Lincolnshire for more than three weeks.

In Lincolnshire, South Kesteven has also gone more than three weeks without a Covid-related death.